Elliott

See also: Élliott

English

Alternative forms

• Eliot, Elliot, Eliott

Etymology

English surname derived from a Middle English diminutive of Elie, Old French form of Elias or Elijah, meaning "my God is Yahweh". As a Scottish surname it may also represent Gaelic Elloch from a word meaning a dam or bank.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕlēət IPA^(key): /ˈɛliːət/, /ˈɛlɪjət/

Proper noun

Elliott (countable and uncountable, plural Elliotts)

1. (countable) A male given name
   1. A male given name from Hebrew
   2. A male given name transferred from the surname (today representing transferred use of the surname)
2. (countable) A surname.
   1. A surname transferred from the given name. from Hebrew given name
   2. A surname. from Scottish
3. A placename
   1. A village in Illinois, United States
   2. A city in Iowa, United States
   3. A city in North Dakota, United States
   4. Ellipsis of Elliott County.

Derived terms

• Elliott County
• Elliott eye
• Elliott-Halberstam conjecture
• Elliott wave

 

Descendants

• French: Éliot, Éliott, Élliot, Élliott
• Swedish: Elliot