Ellisen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ellisen by the numbers

Ellisen was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Ellisen

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 Ellisen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ellisonson of Eli; a patronymic form369 in the US (2017)
  • Ellisynson of Eli; a modern respelling of Ellison62 in the US (2017)
  • Ellise19 in the US (2017)
  • 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)

Sounds like Ellisen

Names that are said the same way as Ellisen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ellysonson of Elly; Elly is form of Eleanor23 in the US (2017)
  • Elsie-Annnoble; grace; form of Elizabeth-Ann5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Elsie-Annenoble; gracious; a form of Elizabeth with Anne3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ellasyn21 in the US (2017)
  • Elison7 in the US (2017)
  • Ellason5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ellisen

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