As of August 2015, average apartment rent within 10 miles of Seattle, WA is $1897. One bedroom apartments in Seattle rent for $1615 a month on average and two bedroom apartment rents average $2136.
Ellis [el-lis] as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Ellis) is pronounced EL-iss. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ellis is Jehovah is God. Anglicization of Elias, from Elijah, so shares the same source with Elliot. Modern use is often a transferred use of the surname.
Ellis Island is an immigration station, where immigrants from mostly Europe went. It opened in 1892, and closed in 1954. It was named after Samuel Ellis.