Boy name origins & meanings Hebrew : The Lord is God Boy name variations Elias Elihu Elyas Ellis Ellison Ellys Ellias Ellice Family name origins & meanings English : habitational name from a place in Cambridgeshire named Elsworth, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Elli (see Ellington) + Old English wor{dh} ‘enclosure’ (see Worth).