Elliot

Where Elliot comes from

The dictionaries list Elliot as a given name — a male given name from Hebrew, a variant of Elliott — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1987
    Elliot Page born
    Canadian actor
  3. 2002
    Elliot Anderson born
    English footballer
  4. 2022
    Peak, #150
    2,532 babies named Elliot — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, a variant of Elliott.
Namesakes
  • Elliot Page · Canadian actor, born 1987
  • Elliot Anderson · English footballer, born 2002
  • Elliot Goldenthal · American composer, born 1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.