Ellison is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Ellison thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
The unisex given name Ellison is a transferred use of the English surname of the same name. Besides, Ellison is a Scots form of the girl’s name Alison.
Ellison means “son/daughter of Ellis“ or “son/daughter of Elijah“, because the name Ellis derived from the name Elijah. In Scots, the girl’s name Ellison means “noble natured”, “of noble type” or “noble person” (from Alison).
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