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Ellul is a Maltese surname.
Originally spelt Hellul, the first records of the name in Malta were found on the Militia Roster of Watch Duties (1417) and the Island Militia List of 1419-1420 with individuals: Luca Hellul (Casali Dragu, Gazara et Maritatu), Paulu Hellul (Casali Bise et Dimag), Antoni Hellule (Gozo), Fidericu Hellul (Wied iż-Żurrieq and Għar Lapsi), Lippu Hellul (Marsaskala and St. Thomas Bay) bearing it as a surname and Xellule Fandar (Mdina) bearing it as a given name, with all recorded individuals belonging strictly to rural Catholic peasant families. A possible variant of the name was recorded in Calatatrasi, Sicily in 1178 (Allūn ibn Bādīs, Siculo-Arabic: علون بن باديس) as a given name. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Andy Ellul (born 1975), Maltese politician
- Anthony Ellul (born August 1966), Maltese judge
- Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), French (Maltese heritage) philosopher, sociologist, theologian, and Christian anarchist
- Massimo Ellul (born 1970), Maltese businessman
- Emanuel Ellul, Maltese economist
- Salvatore Ellul, Maltese architect
- Mattias Ellul, Maltese footballer
- Matthew Ellul, Maltese footballer
See also
[edit]- Elul (month)
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Meaning and Origin of Ellul". MaltaDaily.mt. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ Fiorini, Stanley (1988). "Sicilian connexions of some medieval Maltese surnames" (PDF). Journal of Maltese Studies. 17–18. University of Malta: 104–138.
- ↑ Hull, Geoffrey (2015). "The Oldest Maltese Surnames: A Window on Sicily's Medieval History". In Karagoz, C.; Summerfield, G. (eds.). Sicily and the Mediterranean: Migration, Exchange, Reinvention (PDF). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 77–110.
- ↑ Wettinger, Godfrey (1969). "The Militia List of 1419–20: A new starting point for the study of Malta's population". Melita Historica. 5 (2): 80–106.
- ↑ Wettinger, Godfrey (1978). "The Militia Roster of Watch Duties of 1417". The Armed Forces of Malta Journal (29): 25–42.
- ↑ Brincat, Joseph M. (2004). Maltese and Other Languages: A Linguistic History of Malta. Midsea Books. pp. 42–48. ISBN 978-9993270430.
- ↑ Wettinger, Godfrey (2000). Place-Names of the Maltese Islands ca. 1300–1800. Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti. ISBN 978-9993210061.
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