Ellis (given name) explained

Ellis is a almost-exclusively masculine given name which may refer to:

• Ellis (Nez Perce) (c. 1810–1848), a 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 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 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 Jeffreys (1868?-1943), English actress
• Ellis Jenkins (born 1993), Welsh rugby union player
• Ellis Stanley Joseph (1872?–1938), Welsh-American animal trainer
• Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist prominent in Hong Kong
• Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934–2020), American jazz pianist and educator, patriarch of the musical Marsalis family
• Ellis Merriweather (born 1999), American football player
• Ellis Minns (1874–1953), British academic and archaeologist
• Ellis Rabb (1930–1998), American actor and director
• 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
• Ellis Paul (born 1965), American singer-songwriter and folk musician