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Ellis vs Elise - What's the difference?

ellis | elise |

As a proper noun ellis

is derived from the given name elis (elijah).

As a verb elise is

.

ellis

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • derived from the given name Elis (Elijah).
  • transferred from the surname.

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    elise

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 2001 Susan Kelly, Killing the Fatted Calf , Allison & Busby, ISBN 0749005114, page 34:
    • "Obviously I wasn't going to go through life saddled with a name like Elsie. When I got up to London at the age of eighteen everybody laughed at me, so a boyfriend suggested a tiny amendment, two letters swopped, and I've been Elise for thirty years."

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