# Ellis (given name)

Ellis is a given name of Welsh and English origin.
Notable people with the given name include:

## Men

* Ellis (Nez Perce) (c. 1810–1848), Native American leader
* Ellis Amburn (1933–2018), American book editor and biographer
* Ellis Bent (1783–1815), British-Australian lawyer and judge
* Ellis B. Bodron (1923–1997), American lawyer and politician
* Ellis Burks (born 1964), American Major League Baseball player
* Ellis Chapman (born 2001), English footballer
* Ellis Davies (disambiguation)
* Ellis R. Dungan (1909–2001), American film director, best known for his work in Indian, particularly Tamil, films
* Ellis Genge (born 1995), English rugby union player
* Ellis Griffith (disambiguation)
* Ellis Hall (1889–1949), English footballer
* Ellis Hall (musician) (born 1951), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and composer
* Ellis Harrison (born 1994), Welsh footballer
* Ellis Hollins (born 1999), English actor
* Ellis Jenkins (born 1993), Welsh rugby union player
* Ellis Johnson (disambiguation)
* Ellis Jones (disambiguation)
* Ellis Stanley Joseph (1872?–1938), Welsh-American animal trainer
* Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist prominent in Hong Kong
* Ellis Lloyd (disambiguation)
* Ellis Marsalis (disambiguation)
* Ellis Merriweather (born 1999), American football player
* Ellis Minns (1874–1953), British academic and archaeologist
* Ellis Paul (born 1965), American singer-songwriter and folk musician
* Ellis Rabb (1930–1998), American actor and director
* Ellis Roberts (disambiguation)
* Ellis Rubin (1925–2006), American attorney famous for handling lost causes
* Ellis Sandoz (1931–2003), American academic and political scientist
* Ellis Short (born 1960), American businessman, former owner and chairman of English football club Sunderland A.F.C.
* Ellis Simms (born 2001), English footballer
* Ellis Taylor (born 2003), English footballer
* Ellis Valentine (born 1954), American Major League Baseball player

## Women

* Ellis Avery (1972–2019), American writer
* Ellis Baker (1898–1984), American actress
* Ellis Bendix (1907–1951), Danish actress
* Ellis Bell (1818–1848), English novelist and poet
* Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon (1708–1789), English-Irish aristocrat
* Ellis Brandon (1923–2024), Dutch veteran (Engelandvaarders)
* Ellis Credle (1902–1998), American writer
* Ellis Faas (1962–2020), Dutch make-up artist
* Ellis Jeffreys (1868?–1943), English actress
* Ellis Kaut (1920–2015), German author
* Ellis Knight (1757–1837), English gentlewoman, traveller, landscape artist, and writer of novels, verse, journals, and history
* Ellis MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim (c. 1583–1665), Irish aristocrat
* Ellis Meng, American professor
* Ellis Meredith (1865–1955), American suffragist, journalist and novelist
* Ellis Miller (born 2002), British slalom canoeist
* Ellis O'Reilly (born 1998), Irish-English female artistic gymnast
* Ellis Peters (1913–1995), English author
* Ellis Powell, an actress who played the lead role in Mrs Dale's Diary
* Ellis Rowan (1848–1922), Australian artist and botanical illustrator
* Ellis Reynolds Shipp (1847–1939), American doctor
* Ellis Wheeler (born 2001), American professional soccer player