Does Ellis sound like a Girls or Boys name?

[Tha Bloo Monkee]

I think it's more of a boy's name but could go either way.  Maybe you're making a similarity between "Alice" and "Ellis"?

[+Ryster Subscriber²]

my fears are being confirmed lol

 

Hardly. The poll results would seem to disagree  78% of respondents believe it to be either a boys name, or unisex.

 

Maybe those who think it sounds girly are just thinking that because they're reading and pronouncing it "Alice" in their heads.

 

Pronounce it El - iss not Al - iss, there's a subtle but distinct difference. Plus one of my friends' brother is called Ellis so I guess I'm used to it being a male name.

 

Edit: Bloo Monkey beat me to that reasoning.

[deni88]

Ellis sounds boyish to me

[mulligan2k]

Ellis (el-liss) is definitely a male name

[netty2014]

im in the uk and ellis is a girls name but hey depends on what part of the world you come from some people still name their children Jesus so anyway its your call  by the way ellis is short for (ellizer) the guy that met his demise in platoon the movie held his arms up to the world  if you remember ! in america elizer is a boys name also just like codey is a boys and girls name 

[Guest]

Depends how you say it...

 

el-eece girls

 

el-is boy

[Som]

my fears are being confirmed lol

 

just think about this thread and all the different ways people have for pronouncing the name and picture the annoyance your son or daughter will have in the future. Remember they'll be stuck with it and in a way it may even define them.

 

Anywho In my head I pronounced it L-isss and thought it was a girls name

[astropheed Veteran]

just think about this thread and all the different ways people have for pronouncing the name and picture the annoyance your son or daughter will have in the future. Remember they'll be stuck with it and in a way it may even define them.

 

Anywho In my head I pronounced it L-isss and thought it was a girls name

 

Yep, my thoughts exactly. It's not looking good.

 

I should be seeing <5% thinking it's a girls name before I'd feel good about it. Which may sound like wishful thinking but I'm betting that people who would confuse "Mark" for sounding like a girls name is <1% and even popular unisex names would also have a very low female rating since it's well established that it's unisex. Ellis is not a well established name.

 

These numbers are confirming my fears and my Wife will certainly hear about this! lol. Thanks everyone.

[Neu B]

Depends on the pronunciation.

[soniqstylz]

Should pick a more manly name like Chris, or Pat, or Joe, or Sam.

 

That said, a good friend of mine has a young son named Ellis.

[duoi Veteran]

call him or her Steven instead.

[x-scratch]

boys name for sure

[Michael Scrip]

I always considered "Ellis" a boys name... but I never really put too much thought into it before this!