Ellis began as a Welsh and English surname derived from Elias, itself Hebrew for "my God is Yahweh," with the sense of benevolence attached more through long use than direct translation. The name has settled into a gentler, more approachable register than its biblical root might suggest.
The aspects of the sextile or trine have the same quality: but the sextile is less forcible than the trine, either in good or evil. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)