Ellert is a given name and surname of Germanic origin. Like the related Eilers, Ehlers and Eilert it has emerged from the medieval Germanic first name Eilhart/Eilhard (agi(l) = "awe", "terror" + hart = "hard", "strong").Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Duden Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung von 20.000 Nachnamen, 213
Notable people with the surname include:
Given name Ellert Schram (1939–2025), Icelandic footballer and politician Ellert Sölvason (1917–2002), Icelandic footballer
Surname Gundi Ellert (born 1951), German television actress Levi Richard Ellert (1857–1901), 23rd mayor of San Francisco
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