Ellise
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.
Ellise by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Ellise. In the US, 19 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Ellise
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ellise. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ellieshining light; short for Eleanor5,000 in the US (2017)
- Elisemy god is an oath; a form of Elisabeth1,707 in the US (2017)
- Eloisehealthy, wide546 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellysegod's oath; a form of elizabeth or elyse20 in the US (2017)
- Elloise29 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ellise
Names that are said the same way as Ellise, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- ElyseGod's oath; a form of Elise or Elizabeth427 in the US (2017)
- Elouisefamous warrior; a form of Louise47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias or Ellis119 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eilisbright; Irish form of Elizabeth4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elyssefrom Elysium; variant of Elysia12 in the US (2017)
- Ellouisefamous warrior and light; a form of Eloïse11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ellise
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