Ellison

Ellison
Pronunciation	/ˈɛlɪsən/
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

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

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.

People with the surname

People with the given name

See also