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)
- (countable) A male given name
- A male given name from Hebrew
- A male given name transferred from the surname (today representing transferred use of the surname)
- (countable) A surname.
- A surname transferred from the given name. from Hebrew given name
- A surname. from Scottish
- A placename
- A village in Illinois, United States
- A city in Iowa, United States
- A city in North Dakota, United States
- Ellipsis of Elliott County.
Derived terms
- Elliott County
- Elliott eye
- Elliott-Halberstam conjecture
- Elliott wave
Descendants
- French: Éliot, Éliott, Élliot, Élliott
- Swedish: Elliot