Elliot

See also: Élliot

English

Alternative forms

• Elliott, Eliott, Eliot

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕlēət
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛliːət/, /ˈɛlɪjət/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛliət/, /ˈɛlɪjət/

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  • (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈeliːət/, /ˈelɪjət/

Proper noun

Elliot (countable and uncountable, plural Elliots)

1. (countable) A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Elliott.
2. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew, a variant of Elliott.
   • 2021 March 17, Oscar Holland, “Elliot Page becomes first trans man to appear on Time magazine cover”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 July 2021:

     “I have been wanting this and working towards this for so many years,” Neilly wrote in the caption. “I’m so proud of Elliot and I am so grateful to the trans elders who risked everything to make this moment happen.”

   • 2025 November 13, David Hytner, “Saka and Eze strikes sink Serbia as England maintain perfect World Cup qualifying record”, in The Guardian‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 March 2026:

     The first paper plane from the stands was cheered onto the fringes of the pitch in the 19th minute and it was certainly a sleepy start, despite the best efforts of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Rogers to inject a bit of tempo.

3. A coastal hamlet near Arbroath, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6139).
4. A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after Henry George Elliot.

Derived terms

• Mount Elliot

Anagrams

• oillet, tollie

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Eliott, Elliott, Eliot

Etymology

From English Elliott.

Proper noun

Elliot c (genitive Elliots)

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Elliott

References

[3] Statistics Sweden: 6557 males with the given name Elliot living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency so far in 2006. Accessed on 2 April 2014.