Elliot

This article is about Elliot as a name. For other uses, see Elliot (disambiguation).

Elliot (also spelled Elliott, Eliot,or Eliott ) 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 Elliot have seen an increase in recent years. The origin of the surname is obscure, perhaps due to much of the genealogy of the clan being burning in the destruction of the castle at Stobs in 1712 AD. The clan society usually accepts that the name originated from the town and river Elliot Elliot, Angus in Angus. Some other sources suggest it may be derived from a French form of Elias, which is itself derived from the biblical name "Elijah". Other sources claim that the Scottish surnames (Eliott, Elliot) originate from the Ellot Scottish border-clan, from a transformation of the name Elwold. 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:

People

Surname Eliot

• Lord Eliot or Baron Eliot - a title of the Earl of St Germans
• Peregrine Nicholas Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans - the current Earl of St Germans
• George Eliot, English novelist - pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans
• Eliot family (America) - an influential American family, containing many of the Eliots listed below. One of the Boston Brahmins, they are descended from the Eliot family of Somerset.
• Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), educator and President of Harvard University
• Charles Eliot (diplomat), full name: Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot (1862-1931)
• Thomas Stearns Eliot, American/British author

Surname Eliott

• Lord Eliott - a title of the Baronet of Stobs
• George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (1717-1790), the defender of Gibraltar

Surname Elliot

• Lord Elliot - a title of the Earl of Minto
• (Mama) Cass Elliot (1941-1974), American singer - pseudonym of Ellen Naomi Cohen
• Charles Elliot (1801-1875), British diplomat
• Jim Elliot (1927-1956), American missionary
• Justine Elliot, Australian politician
• Robert Henry Elliot, Scottish agriculturalist
• George Elliot may refer to:

• George Elliot (Royal Navy officer, born 1784) (1784–1863), British naval officer and Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire 1832–1835
• George Elliot (Royal Navy officer, born 1813) (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 Elliot, Australian actor who wrote, produced and starred in 2004's The Crop
• George Elliot (rugby league) (born 1991), English centre and wing

See also

• George Francis Scott Elliot, botanist and academic author
• George Eliot (disambiguation)
• George Elliott (disambiguation)

Surname Elliott

• Bob Elliott (baseball), U.S. major league player, coach, manager
• Chris Elliott, American actor
• Christopher Elliott, Australian actor
• 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
• Jack Elliott (rugby player) (1871-1938), Wales international rugby player
• Jane Elliott, American teacher and anti-racism activist
• 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
• Sam Elliott, American actor
• Wade Elliott, British Soccer player

Given name (males)

• Elliot Brown, Singer and songwriter
• Elliott Carter, American composer
• Elliot James, Welsh model
• Elliot Easton, lead guitarist for the Cars
• Elliot Eisner, American educational theorist and art educator
• Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
• Elliott Gould, American actor
• Elliott Hundley (born 1975), American artist
• Elliott Miles McKinley (born 1969), American composer
• Eliot Ness, American Prohibition agent, head of The Untouchables
• Elliot Pennington, American figure skater
• Elliot Richardson, American politician
• Elliott Sadler, American NASCAR driver who drives the #19 Stanley Tools Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports.
• Elliott Smith (1969-2003), American singer-songwriter
• Eliot Spitzer, former American politician
• Elliot Stabler, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character, police detective
• Elliot Stabler Jr, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character, son of Elliot Stabler
• Elliott Yamin, American singer and former American Idol participant
• Elliott, E.T. film character
• Eliot Spencer, Leverage character, 'The Hitter'

Other

• Elliott (dinosaur), nickname given to a sauropod dinosaur fossil discovered in Queensland, Australia
• Eliot is the name of a neighborhood in Portland, OR

Fiction

• Elliott, the main human character in the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Elliot the mule deer, grizzly bear Boog's sidekick and best friend and a main character in the Open Season movies
• Pete's Dragon, Elliott, from the film of the same name
• Elliot Stabler, a character in the television series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
• Anne Elliot, the protagonist, and Sir Walter Elliot and Elizabeth Elliot in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion
• Billy Elliot, the main character of the film Billy Elliot
• Leon Elliott, a fictional flying terrorist in the Black Cat manga series by Kentaro Yabuki
• Elliot Reid one of the lead characters in the sit-com Scrubs