Ellison

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.

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

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
• 'Omar Ellison, American football player
• 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), Asian-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

• 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