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{{Infobox family |
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| colour = lightbrown |
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| name =Elliott |
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| crest = [[Image:Clan member crest badge - Clan Eliott.svg|250px]] |
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| caption = Fortiter et Recte |
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| ethnicity = Scottish, Irish |
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| birth_place =[[Scotland]] |
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| region = Borderlands |
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| early_forms = Eliott, Eliot, Elyot, Elwold |
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| origin = Scotland (~1300AD) |
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| estate = [[Redheugh]] |
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| meaning = Ruler of the Elves |
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'''Eliot''' (also spelled '''Elliot''',<ref>[[Eliot family]]</ref>'''Elliott''', '''Eliott'''<ref>[http://www.elliotclan.com/name.html Elliot Clan Society: The Elliot Name]</ref> and '''Elyot'''<ref>[http://www.carlton-cambridgeshire.org.uk/History/People/sir_thomas_elyot.htm Biography of Sir Thomas Elyot]</ref>) 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.{{When|date=February 2011}}{{citation needed|date=September 2010}} The origin of the surname is obscure, perhaps due to much of the genealogy of the clan being burnt in the destruction of the castle at Stobs in 1712 AD.<ref>http://www.elliotclanusa.com/ecs_history.htm</ref> The clan society usually accepts that the name originated from the town and river [[Elliot, Angus|Elliot]] in [[Angus, Scotland]].<ref>http://www.elliotclan.com/name.html</ref> Some other sources suggest it may be derived from a [[French language|French]] form of [[Elias]], which is itself derived from the [[biblical name]] "[[Elijah]]".<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/elliot Behind the Name: Elliot]</ref> Other sources claim that the Scottish surnames (Eliott, Elliot) originate from the Ellot Scottish border-clan, from a transformation of the name ''Elwold''.<ref>[http://www.elliotclan.com/history.html Elliot Clan Society - Elliot History]</ref> There are also records in the [[Domesday Book]] of the name spelled "Ailiet",<ref>http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Ilett</ref> 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". |
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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.<ref>[http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/magnacarta.htm]</ref> Later, around the 15th century (although the precise dates are unknown) derivations began to appear and now the original spelling is relatively uncommon. |
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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: |
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==Surname== |
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;Surname Eliot |
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* Lord Eliot or Baron Eliot - a title of the [[Earl of St Germans]] |
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* [[George Eliot]], English novelist - pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans |
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* [[Eliot family (America)]] - an influential American family, containing many of the Eliots listed below. One of the [[Boston Brahmin]]s, they are descended from the Eliot family of [[Somerset]]. |
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* [[Charles William Eliot]] (1834–1926), educator and President of Harvard University |
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* [[Charles Eliot (diplomat)]], full name: Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot (1862–1931) |
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* [[T. S. Eliot|Thomas Stearns Eliot]], American/British author |
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;Surname Elliott |
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* [[Bob Elliott (baseball)]], U.S. major league player, coach, manager |
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* [[Bob Elliott (comedian)]], American entertainer and one-half of the [[Bob and Ray]] comedy team |
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* [[C. Thomas Elliott]], a leading scientist in the fields of narrow gap semiconductor and infrared detector research |
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* [[Chris Elliott]], American actor |
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* [[Christopher Elliott]], Australian actor |
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* [[Edwin Bailey Elliott]], English mathematician. |
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* [[Fiona Smith (Elliott)]], English female badminton medallist |
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* [[Granville Elliott]] (1713–1759), British army general |
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* [[Henry Wood Elliott]], American environmentalist |
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* [[Herb Elliott]], champion Australian middle distance runner |
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* [[Jack Elliott (rugby player)]] (1871–1938), Wales international rugby player |
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* [[Jane Elliott]], American teacher and anti-racism activist |
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* [[Joe Elliott]], Lead singer for the band [[Def Leppard]] |
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* [[John C. Elliott]], 39th [[Governor of American Samoa]] |
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* [[Keith Elliott]] (1916–1989), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross |
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* [[Martin Elliott]] (1946–2010), British photographer |
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* [[Missy Elliott]], American hip hop vocalist |
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* [[Ralph Nelson Elliott]], American accountant who developed the Wave Principle |
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* [[Roger Elliott]] (1665–1714), British army general |
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* [[Roger James Elliott]] (1928–), British physicist |
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* [[Sam Elliott]], American actor |
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* [[Wade Elliott]], British football player |
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;Surname Eliott |
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* Lord Eliott - a title of the [[Eliott Baronets|Baronet of Stobs]] |
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* [[George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield]] (1717–1790), the defender of Gibraltar |
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;Surname Elliot |
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* Lord Elliot - a title of the [[Earl of Minto]] |
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* (Mama) [[Cass Elliot]] (1941–1974), American singer - pseudonym of Ellen Naomi Cohen |
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* [[Charles Elliot]] (1801–1875), British diplomat |
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* Sir [[Edmund Halbert Elliot]] (1854–1926) |
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* [[Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot]] (1852–1921), Scottish amateur footballer who played against England in 1871 and 1872 |
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* {{:George Elliot}} <!-- pls. apply modifications for George Elliot in the article [[George Elliot]] --> |
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* [[Jim Elliot]] (1927–1956), American missionary |
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* [[Justine Elliot]], Australian politician |
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* [[Robert Henry Elliot]], Scottish agriculturalist |
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* [[Walter Elliot (disambiguation)]] |
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;Surname Elyot |
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* [[Sir Thomas Elyot]] (1490–1546), British diplomat and scholar |
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==Given name== |
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* [[Elliot Brown]], Singer and songwriter |
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* [[Elliott Carter]], American composer |
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* [[Elliot Easton]], lead guitarist for the Cars |
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* [[Elliott Ecton]], lead guitarist for Signum A.D. |
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* [[Elliot Eisner]], American educational theorist and art educator |
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* [[Elliot Goldenthal]], American composer |
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* [[Elliott Gould]], American actor |
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* [[Elliott Hundley]] (born 1975), American artist |
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* [[Elliott Maddox]] (born 1947), American major league baseball player |
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* [[Elliott Miles McKinley]] (born 1969), American composer |
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* [[Elliott Moglica]] (born 1971), Canadian poet, novelist, critic, translator, and journalist |
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*[[Eliot Ness]] (1903–1957), American prohibition agent |
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* [[Elliot Pennington]], American figure skater |
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* [[Elliot Richardson]], American politician |
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* [[Elliott Sadler]], American NASCAR driver |
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* [[Elliott Smith]] (1969–2003), American singer-songwriter |
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* [[Eliot Spitzer]], American politician |
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* [[Elliott Yamin]], American singer and former American Idol participant |
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==Fiction== |
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;Given name |
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* Elliott, the main human character in the movie ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' |
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* Elliot the mule deer, grizzly bear Boog's sidekick and best friend, and a main character in the ''[[Open Season (film)|Open Season]]'' movies |
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* Elliott, [[Pete's Dragon]], from the film of the same name |
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* [[Elliot Reid]] one of the lead characters in the sitcom [[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]] |
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* [[Elliot Stabler]], a character in the television series [[Law and Order: Special Victims Unit]] |
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* Elliot Nightray, a character in a anime and manga series ([[Pandora Hearts]] by Jun Mochizuki) |
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*Elyot, one of the characters in [[Noel Coward]]'s play [[Private Lives]] |
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*Eliot Spencer, fictional retrieval specialist from TNT's [[Leverage (TV series)|Leverage]] |
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* [[Anne Elliot]], the protagonist, and Sir Walter Elliot and Elizabeth Elliot, in [[Jane Austen]]'s novel ''[[Persuasion (novel)|Persuasion]]'' |
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* Billy Elliot, the main character of the film ''[[Billy Elliot]]'' |
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* [[Leon Elliott]], a fictional flying terrorist in the [[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]] manga series by [[Kentaro Yabuki]] |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 16:26, 29 August 2011
see jerk for definition.