Ellison

Where Ellison comes from

From Ellis + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ellison
  • From a surname
  • 3 syllables
Ellison through the years
  1. 1864
    Ellison D. Smith born
    American politician
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,188 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1946
    Ellison Onizuka born
    American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident
  4. 1995
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 2021
    Peak, #837
    329 babies named Ellison, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Ellison Onizuka · American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident, 1946–1986
  • Ellison D. Smith · American politician, 1864–1944
  • Ellison Capers · Confederate Army general, 1837–1908
  • Ellison Barber · American journalist, born 1989
  • Ellison Harvie · Australian architect, 1902–1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.