Given name & surname
Ellice
“Jehovah is my God”·“the Lord is my God”
Ellice is a variant of Elias. In Hebrew use, Elias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.” Ellice is a variant of Ellyce. In English use, Ellyce carries the interpretation “the Lord is my God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ellice is a variant of Elias. In Hebrew use, Elias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.” Ellice is a variant of Ellyce. In English use, Ellyce carries the interpretation “the Lord is my God.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ellice is a variant of Ellis. The history of Ellis gives this family its wider story. Ellis’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ellice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 402
- 0 boys · 402 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 418 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ellice’s family of names
Ellice has a related form in Elias. Ellice has a related form in Ellis. Ellice has a related form in Ellyce.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 Ellice
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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