Given name & surname
Elison
“the son of Elias”
Elison is a variant of Ellison. One English interpretation is “the son of Elias.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elison is a variant of Ellison. One English interpretation is “the son of Elias.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elison is a variant of Ellison. An origin associated with Ellison is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elison through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 98 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,989 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,989 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 336 as a first name in 2020; 848 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.
Elison’s family of names
Elison has a related form in Ellison. In Greek usage, Elison as a surname is a transliteration of Έλισον.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Elison
- ItacaréBrazilian association football playerborn 1987
- Elison MakolliSwedish association football playerborn 2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.