Name meaning & stats
Ellis
Ellis means “benevolent, kind” (Welsh origin). 39,440 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“benevolent, kind”
WelshWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
39,440 US babies were named Ellis between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ellis (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 4 Eliass spell it Ellis
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)