Ellis - girl or boy?

[Writerz34]

Do you think of Ellis being a girls or boys name?

(There are people of both genders with the name but wondering what comes to mind)

Unisex but verring towards boy.

My condolences.

Boy.

Ellis Peters took it with reference to Ellis Bell - the male pen name of Emily Bronte

Ellis is for a male.
It is quite old fashioned.
Back in the same era there were boys called..
Beverley, Bailey, Riley, Marion

Now-a-days the sound of it makes me think of Alice.

Boy

Same here. I would assume they were boys, because I know many men with them as first or middle names. Elis has been popular for baby boys for decades.
I'd put them in the same category as Owen or Pierce.

I really dislike Meredith for a girl. It just seems all wrong compared with the nice boys name Meredydd, from which it originates.

Isn't the Irish name Eilis?

I have an Ellis, he's a boy but I have heard of female Ellis's too. He also has a friend called Elis who's a boy (wales)
I would say it was unisex

Just makes me think of Ellis Grey, so girl!

There's a female lawyer, originally American, called Gareth.

And an American actress called Sean.

Ellis Grey is a character in an American TV drama. As is Meredith Grey (Meredith, properly Maredudd, contains the elements 'great' or 'sea' + 'lord').

Americans do strange things with names.

Both, standard male name, less typical female name.

My niece is Elise (Elissse not Eleeez)
I had a male employer called Ellis

Either. My friends daughter is called Ellis and it really suits her!

Boy

@Chersfrozenface , Gareth Pierce's real name was Jean Margaret Webb and she's British. She's also acted in The Archers and Corrie

If you mean Sean Young, nuff sed.
Americans sometimes call their DC their maiden name, Cameron, Anderson, Ellis, Harper etc.

Maredudd and Meredydd are both valid spellings, but I've seen Meredydd used more, and it means great lord or similar

Lionel Shriver was a Margaret.

Boy

It's the one Emily Brontë chose as a pseudonym to hide the fact that she (a woman - shock) had written a novel. So that's my reasoning!!

George Eliot and George Sands were women, so Prince George was actually given a girl's name.

Oh yes, and I've also just remembered that some Americans use Dylan as a girl's name. Ouch.

I know far too many middle-aged Dylans to see it as a girl's name, and 'Dillun' hurts my ears.

I LOVE it for a girl (thanks Greys) but I think most people would think its a boys name

I know two males called Ellis both aged 50.

I know a man called Ellis, in his 50’s

Boy.

do a poll next time

"Ellis" is a unisex name, meaning it can be used for both boys and girls. Its flexibility and appealing sound have made it a popular choice for either gender.