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Elliott

  • /ˈɛliːət/
  • /ˈɛlɪjət/

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Elliotts · Eliot · Elliot · Eliott

  1. countable, uncountable A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname (today representing transferred use of the surname)
  3. countable, uncountable A surname transferred from the given name. from Hebrew given name
  4. countable, uncountable A surname. from Scottish
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Illinois, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable A city in Iowa, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A city in North Dakota, United States.
  8. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Elliott County
  9. countable, uncountable A locality in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: elliot, eliot, locke, steele, elli, eliott, elyot, elick, ellis, eloi, ellie, emmitt, eliel, elian, egerton, ellery

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MLA

"Elliott." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elliott. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Elliott. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elliott

Chicago

"Elliott." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/elliott.

BibTeX
@misc{elliott_2026,
  title = {Elliott},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elliott},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}