Elliot
| Elliott |
Fortiter et Recte |
| Ethnicity |
Scottish, Irish |
| |
Scotland |
| Current region |
Borderlands |
| Information |
| Earlier spellings |
Eliott, Eliot, Elyot, Elwold |
| Place of origin |
Scotland (~1300AD) |
| Estate |
Redheugh |
| Name origin and meaning |
Ruler of the Elves |
Elliot (also spelled Eliot,[1] Elliott, Eliott[2] and Elyot[3]) is a personal name which can serve as either a surname or a given name. Although the given name was historically given to males, females named Elliott have seen an increase in recent years. The origin of the surname is obscure, perhaps due to much of the genealogy of the Eliott clan being burnt in the destruction of the castle at Stobs in 1712 AD.[4] The clan society usually accepts that the name originated from the town and river Elliot in Angus, Scotland.[5] Some other sources suggest it may be derived from a French form of Elias, which is itself derived from the biblical name "Elijah".[6] Other sources claim that the Scottish surnames (Eliott, Elliot) originate from the Ellot Scottish border-clan, from a transformation of the name Elwold.[7] There are also records in the Domesday Book of the name spelled "Ailiet",[8] thought to originate from an old English name "Adthelgeat" (meaning "noble gate") and leading to the English and Scottish given name speller "Elyat", which in turn leads to the modern alternative spelling of the name "Elyot".
It is generally agreed that spelling of the surname originated in the early 13th century as "Eliot" as there is reference to "Geoffrey Eliot", Abbot of Hyde in documents linked to the creation of the Magna Carta.[9] Later, around the 15th century (although the precise dates are unknown) derivations began to appear and now the original spelling is relatively uncommon.
Among the many famous people with this name, the most notable include authors T. S. Eliot and pseudonymous George Eliot. Other uses of the word include:
Surname
- Surname Eliot
- Surname Elliott
- Bill Elliott (musician), bass guitarist for American rock band The Sammus Theory
- Bob Elliott (baseball), U.S. major league player, coach, manager
- Bob Elliott (comedian), American entertainer and one-half of the Bob and Ray comedy team
- C. Thomas Elliott, a leading scientist in the fields of narrow gap semiconductor and infrared detector research
- Chris Elliott, American actor
- Christopher Elliott, Australian actor
- Edwin Bailey Elliott, English mathematician.
- Fiona Smith (Elliott), English female badminton medallist
- Granville Elliott (1713–1759), British army general
- Henry Wood Elliott, American environmentalist
- Herb Elliott, champion Australian middle distance runner
- Herbert Elliott (1877-1973), English cricketer
- Jack Elliott (rugby player) (1871–1938), Wales international rugby player
- Jane Elliott, American teacher and anti-racism activist
- Joe Elliott, Lead singer for the band Def Leppard
- John C. Elliott, 39th Governor of American Samoa
- Keith Elliott (1916–1989), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Martin Elliott (1946–2010), British photographer
- Missy Elliott, American hip hop vocalist
- Ralph Nelson Elliott, American accountant who developed the Wave Principle
- Roger Elliott (1665–1714), British army general
- Roger James Elliott (1928–), British physicist
- Sam Elliott, American actor
- Wade Elliott, British football player
- [Denholm Elliott],(1922-1992) British Actor
- Surname Eliott
- Surname Elliot
- George Elliot (1784–1863), British naval officer and Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire 1832–1835
- George Elliot (1813–1901), British naval officer and Member of Parliament for Chatham 1874–1875
- Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet (1814–1893), British businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament 1868–1880, 1886–1892
- Sir George Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1844–1895), British businessman and Member of Parliament 1874–1885, 1886–1895
- George Fielding Eliot (1894 –1971), Writer, reporter and military analyst
- George Elliot (Australian actor), writer/actor in The Crop and former AUSCAR/NASCAR racer
- Surname Elyot
Given name
- Elliot Brown, Singer and songwriter
- Elliott Carter, American composer
- Elliot Easton, lead guitarist for the Cars
- Elliott Ecton, lead guitarist for Signum A.D.
- Elliot Eisner, American educational theorist and art educator
- Elliot Gleave, British singer/rapper
- Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
- Elliott Gould, American actor
- Elliott Hundley (born 1975), American artist
- Eliot Jarrett, American businessman
- Elliott Maddox (born 1947), American major league baseball player
- Elliott Miles McKinley (born 1969), American composer
- Elliott Moglica (born 1971), Canadian poet, novelist, critic, translator, and journalist
- Eliot Ness (1903–1957), American prohibition agent
- Elliot Pennington, American figure skater
- Elliot Richardson, American politician
- Elliott Sadler, American NASCAR driver
- Elliott Smith (1969–2003), American singer-songwriter
- Eliot Spitzer, American politician
- Elliott Yamin, American singer and former American Idol participant
- Elliot Ddin, (891-944) Persian Assassin, famous for killing Sultan Elias
Fiction
- Given name
- Surname
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