Ellsworth Family History

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 intrusive -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.