Ellery
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning from the elder tree settlement.
Ellery by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Ellery. In the US, 220 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 255 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ellery. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ellery
Names that are said the same way as Ellery, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a tree
Like Ellery, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Oliverolive tree; peace3,154 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashtonash tree settlement3,129 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ellery
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