Ellison

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Ellison
Pronunciation/ˈɛlɪsən/
GenderUnisex
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)English or Norwegian
Word/nameEllis + son
Meaning"Son of Elias" or "Son of Ellis"
Region of originEngland and Norway
Other names
Variant form(s)
  • Ellisson
  • Elisson
  • Elison
  • Ellyson
  • Ellysson
  • Elyson
  • Elysson
Related namesAlison, Ellis, Elias, Ellie

Ellison is a surname and given name. It may derive from "Son of Elias" in Norwegian. Ellison can also be spelled Ellisson, Elison, Elisson, Ellyson, Ellysson, Elyson, and Elysson.

People with the surname

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  • Andy Ellison, British musician
  • Atiyyah Ellison (born 1981), American football player
  • Brooke Ellison (1978–2024), American academic and disability advocate
  • Casey Ellison, American actor
  • Chase Ellison (born 1993), American actor
  • Chris Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • David Ellison, American film producer
  • Debbie Ellison, Playboy model
  • Eileen Ellison, Grand Prix racer
  • Frank Ellison, American model railroader
  • George Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Glenn Ellison, American professor
  • Grace Ellison (died 1935), British journalist
  • Harlan Ellison, writer
  • Harold John Ellison, US naval ensign
  • James Ellison (actor)
  • James Ellison (footballer, born 1901)
  • James Ellison (motorcycle racer)
  • James T. Ellison, New York gangster
  • Jason Ellison, Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Jennifer Ellison (born 1983), British actress
  • Jeremiah Ellison, member of the Minneapolis City Council
  • Joseph Ellison, Royal Navy officer.
  • Justice Ellison, American football player
  • Keith Ellison (football), American football player
  • Keith Ellison, member of the United States House of Representatives and Attorney General from Minnesota
  • Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation
  • Lorraine Ellison, singer
  • Matt Ellison, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Megan Ellison, American film producer
  • Mervyn A. Ellison, Irish astronomer
  • Paul Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
  • Peter T. Ellison (born 1951), American anthropologist
  • Ralph Ellison, Author of Invisible Man
  • Richard Ellison (cricketer)
  • Richard Ellison (politician) (1754–1827), British Member of Parliament (MP)
  • Riki Ellison, New Zealand-American football player
  • Robert Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals
  • Scott Ellison (born 1954), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
  • Sheila Ellison, American author on parenting and relationships
  • Thomas Ellison, New Zealand rugby player
  • Thomas Ellison (mutineer), English seaman
  • William Ellison-Macartney (1852–1924), British and Australian politician
  • William Frederick Archdall Ellison, Irish astronomer and clergyman

People with the given name

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  • Ellison Barber (born 1989), American journalist
  • Ellison Brown (1913–1975), U.S. Olympian
  • Ellison Capers (1837–1908), Confederate general in the American Civil War.
  • Ellison Goodall (born 1954), American long-distance runner
  • Ellison Scotland Gibb (1879–1970), Scottish suffragette and chess player
  • Ellison Hatfield, the younger brother of Devil Anse Hatfield, murdered by three sons of Randolph McCoy during the Hatfield-McCoy feud
  • Ellison Harvie (1902–1984), Australian architect and advocate
  • Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts, the illegitimate son of Ellison Hatfield, whose hanging is often seen as the end of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
  • Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), American astronaut killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger
  • Ellison D. Smith (1864–1944), American politician
  • Ellison G. Smith (1854–1935), a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

See also

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  • Ellison (band), an indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Ellison (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
  • Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
  • Ellison Township, Warren County, Illinois
  • Ellis
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