Ellis

• (English patronymic surname): Ellice

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɪs

Ellis (countable and uncountable, plural Ellises)

1. An English surname originating as a patronymic from Elis, the Middle English form of Elijah.
2. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] and a male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Elisedd.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Kansas; named for American Civil War veteran George Ellis.
   2. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Indiana; named for politician William Ellis Niblack.
   3. An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana.
   4. A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
   5. An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
   6. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
   7. An unincorporated community in Nebraska; named for banker John R. Ellis.
   8. An unincorporated community in Ohio; named for a local family.
   9. An unincorporated community in South Dakota; probably named for railroad worker A. B. Ellis.
   10. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin; named for politician Albert G. Ellis.

• Liles, Lisle, lisle

Ellis

1. a female given name, variant of Alice