# Ellison

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{{Infobox name
| name            = Ellison
| image           = 
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| caption         = 
| pronunciation   = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|l|ɪ|s|ən}}
| gender          = [Unisex](/source/Unisex_name)
| language        = [English](/source/English_language) 
| languageorigin  = [English](/source/English_language) or [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language)
| origin          = Ellis + son
| meaning         = "Son of [Elias](/source/Elias)" or  "Son of [Ellis](/source/Ellis)"
| region          =	[England](/source/England) and [Norway](/source/Norway)
| variant         = 
{{Plainlist|
* Ellisson
* Elisson
* Elison
* Ellyson
* Ellysson
* Elyson
* Elysson
}}
| related names   = [Alison](/source/Alison_(surname)), [Ellis](/source/Ellis), [Elias](/source/Elias), [Ellie](/source/Ellie)
}}

'''Ellison''' is a [surname](/source/surname) and [given name](/source/given_name). It may derive from "Son of [Elias](/source/Elias)" in Norwegian. Ellison can also be spelled [Ellisson](/source/Ellisson_family), [Elison](/source/Elison_Fagundes_dos_Santos), [Elisson](/source/Elisson), [Ellyson](/source/Ellyson), Ellysson, Elyson, and Elysson.

== People with the surname ==
* [Andy Ellison](/source/Andy_Ellison), British musician
* [Atiyyah Ellison](/source/Atiyyah_Ellison) (born 1981), American football player
* [Brooke Ellison](/source/Brooke_Ellison) (1978–2024), American academic and disability advocate
* [Casey Ellison](/source/Casey_Ellison), American actor
* [Chase Ellison](/source/Chase_Ellison) (born 1993), American actor
* [Chris Ellison (disambiguation)](/source/Chris_Ellison_(disambiguation)), multiple individuals
* [David Ellison](/source/David_Ellison), American film producer
* [Debbie Ellison](/source/Debbie_Ellison), ''Playboy'' model
* [Eileen Ellison](/source/Eileen_Ellison), Grand Prix racer
* [Frank Ellison](/source/Frank_Ellison), American model railroader
* [George Ellison (disambiguation)](/source/George_Ellison_(disambiguation)), multiple individuals
* [Glenn Ellison](/source/Glenn_Ellison), American professor
* [Grace Ellison](/source/Grace_Ellison) (died 1935), British journalist
* [Harlan Ellison](/source/Harlan_Ellison), writer
* [Harold John Ellison](/source/Harold_John_Ellison), US naval ensign
* [James Ellison (actor)](/source/James_Ellison_(actor))
* [James Ellison (footballer, born 1901)](/source/James_Ellison_(footballer%2C_born_1901))
* [James Ellison (motorcycle racer)](/source/James_Ellison_(motorcycle_racer))
* [James T. Ellison](/source/James_T._Ellison), New York gangster
* [Jason Ellison](/source/Jason_Ellison), Major League Baseball outfielder
* [Jennifer Ellison](/source/Jennifer_Ellison) (born 1983), British actress
* [Jeremiah Ellison](/source/Jeremiah_Ellison), member of the Minneapolis City Council
* [Joseph Ellison](/source/Joseph_Ellison), Royal Navy officer
* [Justice Ellison](/source/Justice_Ellison), American football player
* [Keith Ellison (football)](/source/Keith_Ellison_(football)), American football player
* [Keith Ellison](/source/Keith_Ellison), member of the United States House of Representatives and Attorney General from Minnesota 
* [Larry Ellison](/source/Larry_Ellison), co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation
* [Lorraine Ellison](/source/Lorraine_Ellison), singer
* [Matt Ellison](/source/Matt_Ellison), Canadian ice hockey player 
* [Megan Ellison](/source/Megan_Ellison), American film producer
* [Mervyn A. Ellison](/source/Mervyn_A._Ellison), Irish astronomer
* ['Omar Ellison](/source/'Omar_Ellison), American football player
* [Paul Ellison (disambiguation)](/source/Paul_Ellison_(disambiguation)), multiple individuals
* [Pervis Ellison](/source/Pervis_Ellison), American basketball player
* [Peter T. Ellison](/source/Peter_T._Ellison) (born 1951), American anthropologist
* [Ralph Ellison](/source/Ralph_Ellison) (1913–1994), American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer, known for ''Invisible Man''
* [Richard Ellison (cricketer)](/source/Richard_Ellison_(cricketer))
* [Richard Ellison (politician)](/source/Richard_Ellison_(politician)) (1754–1827), British Member of Parliament
* [Riki Ellison](/source/Riki_Ellison), New Zealand-American football player
* [Robert Ellison (disambiguation)](/source/Robert_Ellison_(disambiguation)), multiple individuals
* [Scott Ellison](/source/Scott_Ellison) (born 1954), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
* [Sheila Ellison](/source/Sheila_Ellison), American author on parenting and relationships
* [Thomas Ellison](/source/Thomas_Ellison), New Zealand rugby player
* [Thomas Ellison (mutineer)](/source/Thomas_Ellison_(mutineer)), English seaman 
* [William Ellison-Macartney](/source/William_Ellison-Macartney) (1852–1924), British and Australian politician
* [William Frederick Archdall Ellison](/source/William_Frederick_Archdall_Ellison), Irish astronomer and clergyman

== People with the given name==
* [Ellison Barber](/source/Ellison_Barber) (born 1989), American journalist
* [Ellison Brown](/source/Ellison_Brown) (1913–1975), U.S. Olympian
* [Ellison Capers](/source/Ellison_Capers) (1837–1908), Confederate general in the American Civil War
* [Ellison Goodall](/source/Ellison_Goodall) (born 1954), American long-distance runner
* [Ellison Scotland Gibb](/source/Ellison_Scotland_Gibb) (1879–1970), Scottish suffragette and chess player
* Ellison Hatfield, the younger brother of [Devil Anse Hatfield](/source/Devil_Anse_Hatfield), murdered by three sons of [Randolph McCoy](/source/Randolph_McCoy) during the [Hatfield-McCoy feud](/source/Hatfield-McCoy_feud)
* [Ellison Harvie](/source/Ellison_Harvie) (1902–1984), Australian architect and advocate
* Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts, the illegitimate son of Ellison Hatfield, whose hanging is often seen as the end of the [Hatfield-McCoy feud](/source/Hatfield-McCoy_feud)
* [Ellison Onizuka](/source/Ellison_Onizuka) (1946–1986), Asian-American astronaut killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger
* [Ellison D. Smith](/source/Ellison_D._Smith) (1864–1944), American politician
* [Ellison G. Smith](/source/Ellison_G._Smith) (1854–1935), a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court

==See also==
* [Ellison (band)](/source/Ellison_(band)), an indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio
* [Ellison (crater)](/source/Ellison_(crater)), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
* [Ellison Bay, Wisconsin](/source/Ellison_Bay%2C_Wisconsin)
* [Ellison Township, Warren County, Illinois](/source/Ellison_Township%2C_Warren_County%2C_Illinois)
* [Ellis](/source/Ellis)

{{surname|Ellison}}

Category:Given names
Category:English-language given names
Category:English-language surnames
Category:Patronymic surnames
Category:Norwegian-language surnames

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