Ellis?

[Suziebee86]

I really like the name Ellis, however since I've been pregnant I have come across 3 new babies with this name. Is it really trendy and likely to date? How many Ellis' do you know?
I really don't want anything too popular or trendy, so that is the only thing putting me off, and I'm leaning more towards Owen for this reason.

I know one about around 7. I wouldn’t have thought it a unisex name. Also know one Owen about the same age.

I know three:
Male age 87
Male age 26
Female age 14
Love the name

I know 3.. woman aged 75, girl aged 12 and a boy aged 3

I like the name Ellis - I don't know any. I think it's nicer than owen, though owen is also good. I really like Euan or Ioan.

I have an American friend with an Ellis. Known as Eli.

He's a little boy.

Eli is pronounced Ee - lie. Not Ellie.

I think it's lovely.

Great name

I know one boy whose about 10 and a girl in her 20s. It's a nice name

I much prefer Ellis to Owen x

I know a teenage male Ellis and a 9 year old female Ellis. I would worry now that because Ella has been so popular 'Ell...' names may sound more feminine than masculine.

@golddustwomen

I have an Ellis. He's the only one I know, throughout nursery he's been the only Ellis there too. I really do bloody love his name!!! We've never shortened it, it's either Ellis or Ellis the menace

I also have a 16 year old "Ellis the Menace", though apart from the fact he's a foot taller than me, he is a big softy and there is nothing menacing about him.

We used it as it's a family name. He was born in 2005 when it was almost at its peak of popularity but the only other male one we know is about 10 years older. I still think it's a relatively unusual name. That darkgreener site shows the number of babies named Ellis in 2019 represented 0.12% of all baby boys born that year. Can't imagine it's increased massively since then.

I was in school (Wales) with three boys called Ellis and one girl, although I vaguely recall hers being spelt differently. This was in the 90s.

Nowadays I just associate it with Grey's Anatomy.

@PlainJane1000

I know a teenage male Ellis and a 9 year old female Ellis. I would worry now that because Ella has been so popular 'Ell...' names may sound more feminine than masculine.

Not sure that's true, or an issue?

My DS loves the fact his name is not stereotypically "masculine"

I have a 50-something Welsh male relative named Ellis/Elis.

I like the name.

I was going to call my son Ellis, the midwife who delivered him told me her best friend in America was called that and it’s known as a girls name over there, unfortunately that put me off and I now have an Owen. We’ve met a couple with that name so far but it’s not very common where I live.

Owen is much nicer.

@TwigTheWonderKid my Ellis can be a little menace some days!

He's only 4 but he loves his name too

I think Owen is much nicer and I know 3 baby Ellis' but no baby Owen's

My little boy is Ellis and he's nearly 1 now. I love the name and haven't met any others but it's not exactly unheard of.