Elliot
name: given name and surname
Elliot (also spelled Eliot, Elliotte, Elliott,[1] Eliott[2] and Elyot[3]) is a personal name. It can be either a surname or a given name. Although the given name has historically been given to males. Females named Elliot have increased from 414 in 2009 to 770 in 2013, in the United States.[4][5]
Elliot | |
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Pronunciation | /ˈɛliət/ |
Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Language(s) | English, Breton |
Word/Name | Scotland (c. 1300 AD); England (1180 AD); Brittany, France (before 1066 AD) |
Meaning | 'With Strength and Right' or 'Bravely and Truly' or 'Boldly and Rightly' or 'The Lord is my God' |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Elliott, Eliott, Elliotte, Eliot, Elliot, Elliota |
Surname
changeEliot
change- George Eliot (1819–1880), English novelist – pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans
- T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), British-American author
Elliott
change- Barry Elliott (1944-2018) and Paul Elliott (born 1947), better known as The Chuckle Brothers, British comedy double act
- Bill Elliott (born 1955), American racing driver
- Bob Elliott, multiple people
- Brennan Elliott, Canadian actor
- Brian Elliott, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Bryn Elliott, English footballer
- Bump Elliott (1925–2019), American college football player, coach, and athletic director
- Chris Elliott, American actor
- Denholm Elliott (1922–1992), British actor
- Joe Elliott, lead singer for the band Def Leppard
- Lloyd Hartman Elliott (1918–2013), American academic
- Marianne Elliott (historian) (1948-), British historian of Ireland
- Marianne Elliott (director) (1966-), British theatrical director
- Poly Styrene, (1957–2011) Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, British musician
- Martin Elliott (1946–2010), British photographer
- Michele Elliott, British author, psychologist, teacher and the founder of child protection charity Kidscape
- Missy Elliott, American hip hop singer
- Peter Elliott, multiple people
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada
- Sam Elliott, American actor
Elliot
change- Adam Elliot (born 1972), Australian animator and Academy Award winner
- (Mama) Cass Elliot (1941–1974), American singer – pseudonym of Ellen Naomi Cohen
Given name
change- Elliott Belgrave, Barbadian citizen and retired High Court Judge
- Elliott Carter, American composer
- Eliot Engel, US Representative for New York's 16th congressional district
- Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
- Elliott Gould, American actor
- Eliot Ness (1903–1957), American prohibition agent
- Elliot Page, Canadian actor and producer
- Elliot Pennington, American figure skater
- Elliot Richardson, American politician
- Elliot Rodger, an American college student, who perpetrated the 2014 Isla Vista massacre
- Elliott Sadler, American racing driver
- Elliot Simmons (born 1998), English footballer
- Elliott Smith (1969–2003), American singer-songwriter
- Eliot Spitzer, American politician
Fictional characters
change- Eliot Rosewater, a character in the Kurt Vonnegut novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
- Eliot Spencer, from Leverage
- Eliot Waugh, one of the main characters in The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Elliot Alderson, one of the lead characters in the Mr. Robot television series
- Elliot Blitzer, a character in the film True Romance
- Elliot Carver, the antagonist in the film Tomorrow Never Dies
- Elliot Edwards, one of two protagonists in the Sega Saturn video game Nights into Dreams...
- Elliot Reid, a female character in Scrubs
- Elliot Richards, the protagonist in the 2000 remake of the film Bedazzled
- Elliot Salem, one of two protagonists later turned antagonist in the video game series Army Of Two
- Elliot Schafer, protagonist of In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
- Elliot Stabler, a senior detective from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime portrayed by Christopher Meloni
- Elliot Vaughn, the antagonist in the film Vertical Limit
- Elliott, a character in the 2004 remake of the film Flight of the Phoenix
- Elliott, the dragon in the 1977 Disney film Pete's Dragon and its 2016 remake[6]
- Elliott Spencer, the former name of the antagonist in the Hellraiser film franchise
- Elliott Taylor,[7][8] a male main character in the film E T: the Extra-Terrestrial
- Elliott Templeton, a character in The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
- Elliott Rodger Witt, also known as Mirage, a playable character in Apex Legends.
- Elyot Chase, one of the lead characters in "Private Lives" by Noël Coward
- Elliot Ludwig, a character from Poppy Playtime
References
change- ↑ "History". elliotclan.com. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "The Elliot Name – Elliot Clan Society". elliotclan.com. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "Sir Thomas Elyot". carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "Elliot – Boy Name or Girl Name?". nancy.cc. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html Note: This sums the six spellings of the name given in the "nancy" reference.
- ↑ "Pete's Dragon". IMDB. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ "E.T. Is Thirty Years Old This Year - What Happened To The Extra-Terrestrial's Cast?". Huffington Post. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "20 movies from the 1980s that deserve a reboot". Cleveland.com. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.