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Ellis en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛ.ləs/ weak vowel merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛ.lɪs/

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French form of Elias. Compare Elijah, Lias, Ely. Also sometimes from the Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth. * As a Welsh surname, shortened from the personal name Elisse, Elisedd, from the archaic elus (“benevolent, kind”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An English surname originating as a patronymic from Elis, the Middle English form of Elijah.
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2. (countable, uncountable) A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] and A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Elisedd.
3. (countable, uncountable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
4. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana; named for politician William Ellis Niblack.
5. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
6. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ A city in Ellis County, Kansas; named for American Civil War veteran George Ellis.
7. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
8. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Byron Township, Cass County, Minnesota.
9. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
10. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Gage County, Nebraska; named for banker John R. Ellis.
11. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio; named for a local family.
12. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Minnehaha County, South Dakota; probably named for railroad worker A. B. Ellis.
13. (countable, uncountable) A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in the town of Sharon, Portage County, Wisconsin; named for politician Albert G. Ellis.

Forms

Deriveds

ellisite · Ellisburg · Ellistown · Ellison · Elliston · ellisize · Ellis County · Ellisian · Ellis Island · Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome · Ellis Lane