Ellison comes from a patrynomic surname meaning “son of Ellis”, Ellis being a medieval form of Elijah, a Hebrew male name meaning “my God is Yahweh”. Ellison may also be a variant form of Elisedd, a Welsh male given name meaning “kind, benevolent” from Welsh elus. Ellison seems to be very popular as a girl’s name.
Origin: Hebrew, Welsh
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Eric comes from Old Norse name Eiríkr meaning “ever ruler” or “eternal ruler” from Old Norse elements ei (ever, always) and ríkr (ruler). It’s also a surname originating from the given name.
Origin: Old Norse
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Elmore comes from a surname meaning “river bank where the elms grow” from Old English elements elm (elm) and ofer (river bank, ridge). It was a habitational surname originally used to refer to someone who lived near such a place.
Origin: Old English
Erin is the Anglicized form of Éireann (from which the name of Ireland comes from) derived from Gaelic Éire which comes from Old Irish Ériu meaning “fertile” or “fat, rich” likely in reference to the land, so connoting the idea of “abundant land” or “fat land”, from Proto-Celtic *Φīwerjon, derived from Proto-Indo-European *piHwerjon from *piHwer meaning “fat”.
Though Erin seems to be very popular for girls, it has been used as a boy’s name as well, making it a unisex name.
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
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Eliot comes from an English surname, originally used as a medieval pet-form of Elias, a cognate of Elijah, a Hebrew male name meaning “my God is Yahweh” or “Yahweh is my God”.
However, Elliott as a surname might come from an entirely different source: it could be derived from a Middle English male personal name, Athelgeat, meaning “noble Geat”, composed from Middle English athel (noble) and Geat, the name of a North Germanic tribe in southern Sweden. It might also be from Athelgyth, a Middle English female name meaning “noble battle” from Middle English athel (noble) and gyð (war, battle), or from Aelfweald meaning “elf ruler”. It might also be an Anglicized form of Gaelic eileach meaning “dam, mound, bank”.
I listed Eliot as a unisex name- some people might disagree with that and argue it’s a boy’s name and I’m not going to argue against that. But as a fan of the tv show Scrubs, I guess I’ve been able to see it as both.
Origin: Hebrew, Middle English
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Edwin is an English male name composed from Old English elements ead (wealth, fortune, riches, blessed, happiness) and wine (friend) meaning “rich friend”, “blessed friend” or “happy friend”.
Nicknames: Ed, Eddy/Eddie, Win/Wyn
Origin: Old English
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Echo comes from Greek ekhe meaning “sound”. This was the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who loved talking and often used her loquaciousness to distract Hera when Zeus was off on one of his affairs. When Hera found out, she cursed Echo so that she could only repeat the last thing someone else said. Echo also fell in love with the youth Narcissus but because she couldn’t speak to him, he spurned her advances and she wasted away to nothing because of her unrequited love.
Echo is also a word in English derived from the same source above, used to refer to a sound made by an echo, which is why I decided to list it as a unisex name.
Origin: Greek
Evelyn comes from an English surname, derived from given name Aveline, the Norman French form of Germanic name Avelina, a diminutive of Avila from Germanic element avi of unknown meaning though possibly meaning “desired”.
Evelyn was a very popular name for boys in the past though it is now currently more popular for girls.
Nicknames: Eve, Evie, Lyn, Lynnie
Origin: Ancient Germanic
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Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: a Hebrew masculine name meaning “God’s people” from Hebrew el (God) and am (people, kinsman).
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