Ellis

Last updated September 19, 2025

Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin.^[1] An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis.^[2] It has also been noted to be a Jewish surname.^[3]

A

Adam Ellis, American webcomic artist
Adam Ellis (born 1996), British grasstrack and speedway rider
Adam Gibb Ellis, Chief Justice of Jamaica
Adrienne Ellis (c. 1941–2019), American-Canadian actress
Albert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Alexander Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Allan Ellis (disambiguation)
Alton Ellis (1938–2008), Jamaican musician
Andrew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Anita Ellis, Canadian-born American singer and actress
Annette Ellis (born 1946), Australian politician
Arthur Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Atom Ellis (born 1966), American musician
Aunjanue Ellis (born 1969), American actress

B

Ben Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Bill Ellis (1919–2007), English cricketer
Boaz Ellis (born 1981), Israeli fencer
Bob Ellis (1942–2016), Australian writer and journalist
Bobby Ellis (1932–2016), Jamaican trumpeter
Boogie Ellis (born 2000), American basketball player
Brad Ellis, American composer and musical director
Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American novelist
Bri Ellis (born 2003), American softball player
Brian Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

C

C. P. Ellis (1927–2005), American Ku Klux Klan leader turned civil rights activist
Caroline Ellis (born 1950), American actress
Carson Ellis (born 1975), American artist
Charles Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Chris Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Rev Clement Ellis (1633–1700), English clergyman
Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978), Welsh architect
Constance Ellis (1872–1942), first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne as a Doctor of Medicine (1903)
Craig Ellis (Australian rules footballer) (born 1974), Australian footballer
Craig Ellis (gridiron football) (born 1961), Canadian football player

D

Dale Ellis (born 1960), American basketball player
Dana Ellis (born 1980), Canadian pole-vaulter
Daniel Ellis (disambiguation) or Dan Ellis, multiple people
David Ellis (disambiguation) or Dave Ellis, multiple people
DeGoy B. Ellis (1876–1949), American politician and lawyer
Dame Di Ellis (1938–2017), English rower
Diane Ellis (1909–1930), American actress
Dick Ellis (1895–1975), treacherous intelligence officer
Dock Ellis (1945–2008), American baseball player
Dock Ellis (born 1955) American radio DJ
Don Ellis (1934–1978), American jazz trumpeter
Dorothy Ellis (1935–2018), American blues singer
Doug Ellis (1924–2018), English entrepreneur
Drew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Duke Ellis (born 1998), American baseball player

E

Earl Hancock Ellis (1880–1923), US Marine Corps intelligence officer
Edgar C. Ellis (1854–1947), American politician and lawyer
Edith Ellis (1861–1916), English author and women's rights activist
Edmund Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Edward Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Edwin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Eleanor Joan Ellis (1904–1989), English artist
Eliécer Ellis (born 1945), Panamanian basketball player
Ellen Deborah Ellis (1878–1974), American historian and political scientist
Ellis Bell (1818–1848), pseudonym of Emily Jane Bronte
Emory Ellis (1906–2003), American biochemist
Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
Eric Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Ernest Ellis (1885–1916), English footballer
Evelyn Ellis (1894–1958), American actress

F

Felix Ellis, Australian politician
Fiona Ellis, British philosopher
Francis Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Frank Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Fred Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Francis Whyte Ellis (1777–1819), British civil servant in the Madras Presidency and scholar of Tamil and Sanskrit

G

Gary Ellis (born 1968), American BMX racer
Geoff Ellis (born 1950), Welsh cricketer
George Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833), British politician
Georgia Ellis (1917–1988), American actress
Gerry Ellis (born 1957), American football player
Gordon Ellis (1920–1978), British maritime artist
Grant Ellis (born 1993), American television personality
Greg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

H

Harold Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Harry Ellis (born 1982), English rugby player
Harvey Ellis (1852–1904), American architect, perspective renderer and painter
Havelock Ellis (1859–1939), English sexual psychologist
Henry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Herb Ellis (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
Herbert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae artist
Hunter Ellis (born 1968), American television personality

I

Izzy Ellis, animator for Looney Tunes cartoons

J

C. Jack Ellis, American politician from Georgia
J. Delano Ellis (1944–2020), American Pentecostal bishop and writer
Jack Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
James Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
James Ellis Humphrey (1861–1897), American botanist and mycologist
Jan Ellis (1942–2013), South African rugby player
Janet Ellis (born 1955), English television presenter
Jason Ellis (born 1971), Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, radio host and actor
Jay Ellis (born 1981), American actor
Jeff Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Jerry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Jill Ellis (born 1966), English-born American soccer player and coach
Jim Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Jimmy Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Jo Ellis (born 1983) English field hockey forward
Joanne Ellis (born 1981), English field hockey player
Job Bicknell Ellis (1829–1905), American mycologist
John Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Joseph Ellis (born 1943), American historian

K

Kaden Elliss (born 1995), American football player
Kai Ellis (born 1980), Canadian football player
Kate Ellis (politician) (born 1977), Australian politician
Katharine Ellis, British musicologist and academic
Katherine Ellis, English singer-songwriter
Kathleen Ellis (born 1946), former American swimmer
Keith Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Keon Ellis (born 2000), American basketball player
Kerry Ellis (born 1979), English singer and stage actress
Kevin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

L

LaPhonso Ellis (born 1970), American basketball player and analyst
Larry R. Ellis (born 1946), American general
Lauren Ellis (born 1989), New Zealand cyclist
Lee Ellis (born 1942), American sociologist
Leonora Beck Ellis (1862–1951), American educator, author, poet and social reformer
LeRon Ellis (born 1969), American basketball player
Leroy Ellis (1940–2012), American basketball player
Lester Ellis (born 1965), English/Australian boxer
Lindsay Ellis (footballer) (born 1935), Australian football player
Lindsay Ellis (media critic) (born 1984), web video creator
Lionel Ellis (1885–1970), British military historian
Liz Ellis (born 1973), Australian netball player
Luther Elliss (born 1973), American football player

M

Magen Ellis (born 1986), American beauty queen
Marc Ellis (rugby) (born 1971), New Zealand businessman, television presenter and rugby player
Marc H. Ellis (born 1952), American author
Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925), American social reformer
Mari Ellis (1913–2015), Welsh writer and women's rights activist
Marion Durbin Ellis (1887–1972) American ichthyologist and entomologist
Mark Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Martin Beazor Ellis (1911–1996), British mycologist
Mary Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Mary Beth Ellis (born 1977), American triathlete
Matt Ellis (disambiguation) or Matthew Ellis, multiple people
Max Mapes Ellis (1887–1953), American ichthyologist
Merrill Ellis (1916–1981), American electroacoustic composer
Michael Ellis (disambiguation) or Mike Ellis, multiple people
Monta Ellis (born 1985), American basketball player

N

Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (1926–2021), American political activist
Nick Ellis, American psychologist
Novalyne Price Ellis (1908–1999), American schoolteacher

O

Osian Ellis (1928–2021), Welsh harpist

P

Patricia Ellis (1916–1970), American film actress
Patrick Ellis (educator) (1928–2013), brother of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools and president of CUA (1992–98)
Patrick Ellis (radio host) (1943–2020), American radio show host
Paul Ellis, New Zealand record producer
Pee Wee Ellis (1941–2021), American saxophonist
Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
Peter Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Philip Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Pitts Ellis (1808–1875), American politician
Powhatan Ellis (1790–1863), American politician from Mississippi

R

Ralph Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Ray Ellis (1923–2008), American record producer and composer
Ray Ellis (American football) (born 1959), American football player
Raymond Ellis (1923–1994), British politician
Reg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Richard Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Rick Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Rita Ellis (1950–2025), American politician from Florida
Robert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Robin Ellis (born 1942), English actor
Robinson Ellis (1834–1913), English classical scholar
Rod Ellis, British linguist
Rodney Ellis (born 1954), American politician from Texas
Romallis Ellis (born 1965), American boxer
Ron Ellis (1945–2024), Canadian ice hockey player
Ronald Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Rosemary Ellis (1910–1998), English artist
Ross Ellis (1915–1983), Canadian politician
Rowan Ellis, British YouTuber and author
Rowland Ellis (1650–1731), Welsh Quaker
Rowland Ellis (bishop) (1841–1911), Welsh clergyman
Roxanne Ellis (1942–1995), American murder victim
Royston Ellis (1941–2023), English writer
Ruth Ellis (1926–1955), last woman to be executed in the UK
Ruth Ellis (activist) (1899–2000), American gay rights activist
Ryan Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

S

Samuel Ellis (disambiguation) or Sam/Sammy/Samuel, multiple people
Sara L. Ellis (born 1969), American judge
Sarah Ellis (author) (born 1952), Canadian author
Sarah Kate Ellis (born 1971), American media executive
Sarah Stickney Ellis (1799–1872), English writer
Scott Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Sedrick Ellis (born 1985), American football player
Seger Ellis (1904–1995), American jazz pianist
Shaun Ellis (born 1977), American football player
Shaun Ellis English animal researcher
Shirley Ellis (1929–2005), American soul singer
Simon Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Sophia Ellis (born 1996), British powerlifter
Stanley Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Steven Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

T

T. E. Ellis (1859–1899), Welsh politician
T. S. Ellis III (1940–2025), American judge
Ted Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Terry Ellis (born 1963), American R&B singer
Terry Ellis (record producer) (born 1943), English record producer
Theodore T. Ellis (1867–1934), American inventor and publisher
Thomas Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer
Tino Ellis (born 1997), American football player
Tinsley Ellis (born 1957), American blues/rock musician
Todd Ellis (American football) (born 1967), American football player
Todd Ellis (motorcyclist) (born 1994), English sidecar racer
Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1979), Welsh actor
Tom Ellis (politician) (1924–2010), British politician
Tommy Ellis (born 1947), American NASCAR racing driver
Tony Ellis (born 1964), English footballer

V

Vivian Ellis (1903–1996), English musical comedy composer

W

W. Ellis (MCC cricketer), English cricketer
Walter Ellis (born 1946), Northern Irish writer
Walter E. Ellis (1960–2013), American serial killer
Warren Ellis (born 1968), English comic book author
Warren Ellis (musician) (born 1965), Australian musician and composer
Welbore Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
Wes Ellis (1932–1984), American golfer
William Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

References

↑ "Ellis Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
↑ Ellis, F. O. (1909). Millwood: A Family Tree. Swampscott, Massachusetts. pp. 4 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ "Ellis Surname Meaning, History & Origin". Select Surnames. Retrieved 2023-10-08.

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[fb-1] "Ellis Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014

[2] Ellis, F. O. (1909). Millwood: A Family Tree. Swampscott, Massachusetts. pp. 4 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[3] "Ellis Surname Meaning, History & Origin". Select Surnames. Retrieved 2023-10-08.

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