Ellsworth Family History
Ellsworth Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Elsworth a lost place in Norwood near Fewston (Yorkshire) from the Old English personal name El(l)i (see Ellington ) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’ (see Worth ). English: habitational name from Elworth in Abbotsbury (Dorset) with instrusive -s- from the Old English personal name Ella + Old English worth. English: rare variant of Elsworthy a habitational name from Elworthy (Somerset) with the same origin as the placename in 2 above (with Old English worth later replaced by worthig) ‘enclosure’. English: habitational name from Elsworth in Cambridgeshire with the same origin as the placename in 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022