Elliot

Anglicization of Elijah or Elias

"Jehovah is God"

Elliot Origin and Meaning

The name Elliot is a boy's name meaning "Jehovah is God".

Elliot (which boasts several spellings depending upon how many 'l's or 't's you want to use) is a winner -- it has the ideal quality of being neither too common nor weirdly unique. Elliot had a style boost back in the early 1980s via the young hero of the movie E.T. , who was named Elliott. Since then there have been Elliots on Law & Order: SVU and Mad Men.

Elliot namesakes include composer Carter, actor Gould, and photographer Erwitt.

Elliot Rank in US Top 1000

# 178 in the US

Elliot Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 78 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Elliot

• 178 US 2023
• 78 Nameberry 2025
• 26 Unisex 2023
• 50 Canada 2023
• 112 Future 2028
• 94 England 2023
• 102 Scotland 2024
• 24 Sweden 2024
• 12 Denmark 2023

20 Names Similar to Elliot

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• Levi
• Theo
• Elliott
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Famous People Named Elliot

• Elliot Balchin English actor
• Elliot Levine American jazz keyboardist
• Elliot Knight English actor
• Elliot Cowan English actor
• Elliot Lee Richardson American politician and attorney general
• Elliot Aronson American psychologist
• Elliot Benyon English footballer
• Elliot Bigelow right fielder in Major League Baseball
• Elliot Brown English actor
• Elliot Bunney Scottish athlete
• Elliot Chorley Canadian ice hockey right winger
• Elliot Daly English rugby union footballer
• Elliot Davis British composer, musician, and music documentary maker
• Elliot Easton lead guitarist for the Cars
• Elliot Evans English teen pop singer
• Elliot Gleave British singer/rapper
• Elliot Goldenthal American composer
• Elliot M See American astronaut
• Maxfield Elliot Mabius Son of actor Eric Mabius
• Elliot Fletcher American actor
• Elliot Page Canadian actor

The name Elliot in Pop Culture

• Elliot Stabler character in "Law & Order SVU"
• Elliot character in "Open Season"
• Elliot DiMauro character in "Just Shoot Me!"
• Ellio Schafer main character in Sarah Rees Brennan's "In Other Lands"
• Elliot Grey character in "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy
• Elliot Grant character in "Mew Mew Power"
• Elliot Edwards character in the Sega Saturn video game NiGHTS into Dreams...
• Elliot character in the "House of Night" Series (PC Cast)
• Elliot Weston character from TV's "Thirtysomething"
• Elliot Alderson the main character in the TV show "Mr. Robot"
• Elliot Park character in TV's "Young & Hungry"
• Elliot Baranski main character in "The Colours of Madeleine" trilogy by Jaclyn Moriarty
• Dr. Elliot Dixon character on TV's "Code Black"
• Elliot Reid female character in Scrubs
• Elliot Minor British rock band
• Billy Elliot musical and its main character
• Little Jock Elliot Scottish border ballad
• Elliot Saunders character in "Hush Hush" by Becca Fitzpatrick
• Elliot Spencer character from TV's "Leverage"
• Elliot character in video game "Stardew Valley" by Eric Barone