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Ellis
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eļļis -ellis
English
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Alternative forms
English patronymic surname en Ellice
Etymology
As an English surname, from the en enm - personal name enm Elis, an en fro - form of en Elias. Compare en Elijah, en Lias, en Ely. Also sometimes from the enm Elice, a pet form of en Elizabeth.
As a en cy - surname, shortened from the personal name cy Elisse, cy Elisedd, from the archaic cy elus benevolent, kind.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛ.lɪs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ellis.wav Southern England
en /ˈɛ.ləs/ weak vowel
en ɛlɪs ɛləs 2
Proper noun
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en English patronymics from enm Elis, the en enm - form of Elijah.
en 2020 Tim Fitzsimons w:NBC News Trump campaign adviser 'won't apologize' for misgendering trans health official https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-campaign-adviser-won-t-apologize-misgendering-trans-health-official-n1236399 Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis intentionally misgendered Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, on Twitter early Monday morning. https://web.archive.org/web/20250426061539/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-campaign-adviser-won-t-apologize-misgendering-trans-health-official-n1236399 26 April 2025
en Welsh < patronymics and en male Welsh a, an anglicization of Elisedd.
en unisex surnames.
en 23 September 2026 Rachael Lazaro Rachel Braund https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckpq03g8940po Family tribute to 'devoted' mum and 'precious' children who died in fire BBC News Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children, Leo, 16, Ellis, 8, and Prudence, 7, died after a blaze "spread rapidly" inside a house on Stone Square in Bootle, Merseyside, in the early hours of Tuesday. 24 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260924005120/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckpq03g8940po
en locale c/US:
en ucomm twp:Suf/Stockton co/Greene County s/Indiana ; named for politician William Ellis Niblack.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Scott co/Steuben County s/Indiana.
en city co/Ellis County s/Kansas ; named for American Civil War veteran George Ellis.
en twp co/Cheboygan County s/Michigan.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Byron co/Cass County s/Minnesota.
en ucomm co/Vernon County s/Missouri.
en ucomm co/Gage County s/Nebraska ; named for banker John R. Ellis.
en ucomm co/Muskingum County s/Ohio ; named for a local family.
en ucomm co/Minnehaha County s/South Dakota ; probably named for railroad worker A. B. Ellis.
en ucomm town:pref/Sharon co/Portage County s/Wisconsin ; named for politician Albert G. Ellis.
Derived terms
en Ellis County Ellis Island Ellis Lane Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome Ellisburg Ellisian ellisite ellisize Ellison Elliston Ellistown
Anagrams
en eills esill Liles Lisle lisle
en calculator words
Danish
Proper noun
da female Alice