Ellison

EllisonPronunciation| /ˈɛlɪsən/

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Gender| Unisex
Language(s)| English
Origin
Language(s)| English or Norwegian
Word/name| Ellis + son
Meaning| "Son of Elias" or "Son of Ellis"
Region of origin| England and Norway
Other names
Variant form(s)|

* Ellisson
* Elisson
* Elison
* Ellyson
* Ellysson
* Elyson
* Elysson

Related names| Alison, 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

Surname list

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