Elis is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Elis thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Elis is a Nordic short form of the boy’s name Elias and the girl’s name Elisa.
The masculine name Elis means “my God is Yahweh” (from Hebrew “el/אֵל” God + “yah/יָה” = referring to the Hebrew God) and the feminine name Elis means “God is abundance”, “God is my oath” and “God has sworn” (from Hebrew “el/אֵל” = God + “shéva’/שֶׁבַע” = oath/seven = number of abundance).
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