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Ellison

Ellison is a unisex given name: about 39% of people named Ellison are men and 61% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexHigh
Male 39%Female 61%

This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
39% male / 61% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
2,263 male / 3,548 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Ellison

To address Ellison when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ellison," in English, "Guten Tag Ellison," in German. About 39% of people named Ellison are men and 61% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Ellison,

German

Guten Tag Ellison,

French

Bonjour Ellison,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ellison:

Chinese

Ellison您好：

Japanese

Ellison様

English

Hi Ellison,

German

Hi Ellison,

French

Salut Ellison,

Spanish

Hola Ellison,

Chinese

Ellison你好：

Japanese

Ellisonさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Ellison by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statescommonunisex name39%

United States birth data

2,263 male · 3,548 female · 5,811 births recorded

Male 39%Female 61%

Since 1980: 24% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ellison a male or female name?

Ellison is a unisex given name: about 39% of people named Ellison are men and 61% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Ellison in an email?

To address Ellison when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ellison," in English, "Guten Tag Ellison," in German. About 39% of people named Ellison are men and 61% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Ellison a unisex name?

Ellison is a unisex name: 39% of people named Ellison are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

Related names

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Ellison a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ellison (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_ellison,
  title  = {Is Ellison a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ellison},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}