Given name & surname
Elis
“Jehovah is my God”
In Swedish use, Elis has a related form in Elias. In Hebrew use, Elias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Elis has a related form in Elias. In Hebrew use, Elias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elis is a romanization of Элис. Элис comes from English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Elis is a short form of Elisabeth. In Estonian usage, Elis is a short form of ELIISABET.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 606
- 286 boys · 320 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #6,919 for girls · #7,326 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,919 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 11 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,345 as a first name in 2020; 434 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elis’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Elis is a short form of Elisabeth. In Swedish usage, Elis has a later derivative in EELIS. In Swedish usage, Elis has a related form in Elias.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Elis has relatives in 7 languages.
9 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elis
- Elis ReginaBrazilian singer of popular and jazz music (1945–1982)
- Elis BakajAlbanian association football playerborn 1987
- Elis Wiklundcross-country skier1909–1982
- Elis ManolovaAzerbaijani wrestlerborn 1996
- Elis GuriAlbanian-Bulgarian Olympic wrestlerborn 1983
- Elis Sipilägymnast (1887–1958)
- Elis FischerSwedish politician (1834–1889)
- Elis StrömgrenDanish astronomer (1870-1947)
- Elis BishesariSwedish association football playerborn 2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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