Ellis - which gender?

[Maize]

I love the name Ellis for a boy.

My mum, who is a primary school teacher, says that it is a girls name and a boy called Ellis will be teased.

I know that Ellie is very popular for girls but is Ellis?

Thanks!

people will ALWAYS hear 'Alice'.

I had an elderly Irish cousin called Ellis. However, although she was always called that, it was actually her third name and I'd assumed she was named after her father (I need to check the family tree for that!) and she chose a more masculine name which suited her. Hope that makes sense!

So I always think of Ellis as female, but am sure it's generally male!

Only know of boys? Never heard of a female Ellis.

I know one female Ellis

Ellis Peters was female. And Ellis is a nice name for either a boy or a girl, I think.

I have taught both a male and a female Ellis. I prefer it as a boy's name. I think there are nicer, more feminine sounding female names that are similar sounding.

I'd go for Ellis for a boy and something a bit more feminine (Elise etc) for girls.

My DS2 is an Ellis. Never heard it used for a girls name.

I think of it firstly as a surname, then as a boy's name, but not a girl's name.

I've only known of males called Ellis ( a man in his early 40s and a couple of 3-5 yr olds)

But Ellis Peters was a pseudonym!

Emily Bronte chose the name Ellis Bell because it sounded masculine. I wonder if Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters) did it for similar reasons?

The only Ellis I knwo is a girl and she makes it seem a really pretty feminine name.

I have only known it for a boy.

I thought it was a boys name.

Dd who is 12 goes to school with a girl called Ellis. Up until then I thought it was a boys name.

I think Ellis is unisex but would probably "assume" it to be a boy if I had to assume one way or the other.

It's a nice name but the unisex aspect would put me off a bit and I would be tempted to choose a similar name that was more clearly masculine - what about Elliot or Elias? I love both.

I think it's a bit of both really - I have a distant cousin who is called Ellis (girl) but if I didn't know about her, I would have thought it was a boy's name.

My DH has a name more associated now with girls, although it can be used for both boys and girls - he has coped ok with it and says he never really had any trouble with it when he was at school (but then he was pugnacious little bugger so I expect he put paid to any potential "trouble" quite quickly!)

Ellis Peters chose Ellis Peters as a male pseudonym.

Meredith Grey's mum (from Grey's Anatomy) is called Ellis

boy's name, but then DS is called Ellis, so I would say that woudln't I!!

ALso two Ellis's at DD's nursery, both boys.

I've never heard of a female Ellis TBH

boy.

Either, because it's a surname innit?