Ellis (given name)

Ellis is a masculine given name which may refer to:


 * Ellis (Nez Perce) (c. 1810–1848), a Native American leader
 * Ellis Burks (born 1964), American Major League Baseball player
 * Ellis Chapman (born 2001), English footballer
 * Ellis R. Dungan (1909–2001), American film director, best known for his work in Indian, particularly Tamil, films
 * Ellis Genge (born 1995), English rugby union player
 * Ellis Harrison (born 1994), Welsh footballer
 * Ellis Hollins (born 1999), English actor
 * Ellis Jenkins (born 1993), Welsh rugby union player
 * Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist prominent in Hong Kong
 * Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934–2020), American jazz pianist and educator, patriarch of the musical Marsalis family
 * Ellis Merriweather (born 1999), American football player
 * Ellis Rabb (1930–1998), American actor and director
 * Ellis Short (born 1960), American businessman, former owner and chairman of English football club Sunderland A.F.C.
 * Ellis Simms (born 2001), English footballer
 * Ellis Taylor (born 2003), English footballer
 * Ellis Valentine (born 1954), American Major League Baseball player
 * Ellis Paul (born 1965), American singer-songwriter and folk musician
 * Ellis Amburn (1933-2018), American book editor and biographer
 * Ellis Rubin (1925-2006), American attorney famous for handling lost causes
 * Ellis Rubin (actor) (2004), American actor
 * Ellis Hall (1889-1949), English footballer
 * Ellis Hall (1951), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and composer
 * Ellis Sandoz (1931-2003), American academic and political scientist
 * Ellis Minns (1874-1953), British academic and archaeologist
 * Ellis Stanley Joseph (1872?-1938), Welsh-American animal trainer
 * Ellis Bent (1783-1815), British-Australian lawyer and judge
 * Ellis B. Bodron (1923-1997), American lawyer and politician

Ellis is also used as a feminine middle name:


 * Ellis Jeffreys (1868?-1943), English actress