Ellis
Ellis is a baby name of Welsh origin, meaning The Lord is my God.
What Ellis means
The Lord is my God.
Ellis sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Ellis comes from
Welsh names come from one of the oldest continuously spoken languages in Europe, and many are rooted in Celtic myth or in the landscape itself.
Ellis is recorded as Welsh in origin. Browse other Welsh names.
How popular is Ellis?
Ellis sits outside the top 100 baby names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Ellis
We group Ellis under faith. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Faith
Names like Ellis
These share Ellis's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Eunwoo — Kindness and divine help.
- Cruz — Cross.
- Diwa — Spirit; essence.
- Fidelis — Faithful.
- Guadalupe — Valley of the wolf; Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- Honor — Honesty and high respect.
- Justice — Fairness and righteousness.
- Mika — Who is like God?
- Om — The sacred primal sound.
- Presley — Priest's meadow.
- Promise — A solemn vow.
- Rei — Beautiful; spirit.