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!

Definitely a boys name my son is called Ellis unusual too only Ellis at his school rather than the thirty Jack s !
I would say Elise is the female equivalent.

the only ellis i know is a boy aged 7!

Boy...love it for both but boy that leeeetle bit more!

Surname, primarily, but I also think of Ellis Marsalis Sr. and Jr., both jazz musicians, the father and brother of Wynton Marsalis.

Ellis is a surname.

If I (female) had been named Ellis, I'd shorten it to Ellie and avoid telling people my actual name. I'd be embarassed!

I know a female Ellis, but i do think it would work for a boy, a bit like there are girls called James

Girl - I know one!

Ellis Island springs immediately to mind. Apart from that association, sounds v. much like Alice.

My next door neighbours son is called Ellis, she has a daughter called Ella.
I think Ellis is def a boys name

Ellis is primarily a boys name in my eyes, but I have heard of it being used for a girl. She is known as Ellie.
I have also heard of Emmett being used for a girl, despite being mainly a boys name.

I know a girl called Ellis but thinking it workd better for a boy.

I would alawys assume Ellis was a boy if I heard the name! I think it is lovely as a boys name. Not so sure for a girl, think it is a bit masculine.

I would think it was the child's surname.

But that is increasingly popular - lots of Harrisons, Baileys, etc round here.

The writer Ellis Peters is a woman but I think its a great name for a boy

I chose Ellis for DD as I liked the ambiguity. There is another girl called Ellis too, who is the same age - always see her when I take DD for her jags.

I think of it as being a boys name.

I like Ellise for a girl. I think thats a nice name, it sounds feminine.

boy

It's a boy's name (welsh, I think, or at least all the ones I know are). Never heard of it being used as a girlie name.

The only Ellis I know is female (an adult).

I would say a boys name although I think it might be used as a girls name in the U.S

Girl

I know a girl called Ellis - she sometimes gets called Alice by people who mishear her name.

I would say boy i know a girl called finlay and i though that was a boys name.

One of my best friends has a 3 yo DS called Ellis and it suits him really well.
Didn't Emily Bronte take Ellis Bell as her (male) pseudonym when publishing Wuthering Heights etc? So historically - as now - I'd say male rather than female...

I don't know anyone with this as a first name (think of it as a surname really).

If it was a first name I would imagine it was a boy, like Bailey, Riley, Harrison etc.

The Brontes deliberately chose ambiguous names to hide their sex - Currer, Ellis and Acton - so that alone might put me off (my name is used for either sex too).

Agree Elias is nice.

at poster who knows someone with an Ella and an Ellis! Like calling yr DC Luke and Lucy!