The Ellmore Family Name

Not every Ellmore is related, but the name itself grew out of Elmore. Read literally, Ellmore points to “Bank where elms grew”.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Ellmore family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

A variant of Elmore

Ellmore adds “l” to Elmore, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Elmer.

276 Americans were listed as Ellmore in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames. Want more than a summary? See the Ellmore family name pack.