Names that go with Ellis

Sibling names that sit well next to Ellis: close in style and era, different enough in sound that each child keeps a name of their own. Ranked from the data on the names’ own pages. Names that rhyme with Ellis or would answer to the same nickname are set apart below.

Sister names

Avery English · an Anglo-Norman remaking of Alfred, "elf counsel," the wise counsel of the old stories; centuries as a surname, then a first name again, unisex since the 1990s and now led by girls. Soft sound, surprisingly deep roots

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Paige English · "page," the young attendant learning a knight's trade, an occupational surname turned first name; it rose through the 1980s and 90s on one crisp syllable. Tailored, modern, and quietly medieval

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Remington English · place name/surname, "settlement on the raven's stream"

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Brooke English · "small stream," a surname for someone who lived by one; it became a sleek single-syllable girls' name in the 1980s, all clear water and clean lines. Brooklyn borrowed its front half; Brooke needs nothing added

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Addison English · "son of Addy," a medieval pet form of Adam; a scholarly English surname that joined Madison's slipstream in the 2000s as a girls' name. Addie gives it a vintage heart under the modern surname polish

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Harper English · "harp player," an occupational surname from the medieval minstrel's craft; almost unknown as a girls' first name before the 2000s, then a leader of the musical-surname wave. Literary in association, folk in root, modern in effect

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Peyton English · "Paega's town," an Old English place name that spent centuries as a surname; American parents took it unisex in the 1990s and it stuck for both. Preppy polish with small-town roots

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Evelyn English · traditionally "wished-for child," from the Norman French Aveline, though the root is debated; a surname for centuries and once a boys' name in Britain, it settled into a soft vintage classic that has peaked twice, a century apart

popular in the same decades · same English roots

Hailey English · "hay meadow," from the surname Hayley and the English villages behind it; barely used as a first name before the 1960s, then a chart-climber with a dozen spellings, of which Hailey leads in the US. Fresh-air sound, minimal baggage

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Bailey English · "bailiff," the manor's steward, an occupational surname worn as a first name; friendly and unisex from its 1990s crossover, it reads warm, capable, and a little countryside. One of the surname wave's most easygoing survivors

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Hadley English · place name/surname, "heather field"

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Everly English · from the boar meadow

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Brother names

Jamison English · surname meaning 'son of James'

both biblical names · popular in the same decades

Harrison English · "son of Harry," which made it "son of Henry" at one remove; a surname carried by two US presidents, it joined the first-name ranks in the 1980s and kept the vintage warmth of Harry inside a suit-and-tie surname

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Shepherd English · occupational surname, "one who tends sheep"

both biblical names · popular in the same decades

Brooks English · surname, "dweller by the brook"

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Dean English · surname/title, "valley" or church official

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Mason English · "stoneworker," an occupational surname from the building trades; it moved from surname to first name on the strength of its -n ending and craftsman cool, reaching the US top five in the 2010s. Solid as the trade it names

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Cole English · from the Old English Cola, a nickname for someone coal-dark, or a short form of Nicholas; a surname first name with centuries of quiet use that fit the 1990s taste for one-syllable polish. Short, sleek, and complete

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

King English · from the title/word "king"

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Lane English · surname/place name, "narrow road"

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Hayes English · surname, "hedged area"

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Clark English · clerk, scholar (occupational surname); immortalized by Clark Kent (Superman) in Superman (1978)

both surname style names · popular in the same decades

Royce English · surname, from Royse, a medieval form of Rose

both surname style names · popular in the same decades