Boy · Hebrew, through English
Elliot
Say it: EL-ee-ut
Meaning
From an English surname derived from medieval pet forms of Elias, from Hebrew Eliyyahu 'my God is Yahweh'.
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A surname name used as a given name since the 19th century, popular in the US from the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 52,191 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 741 boys
- 2,809 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Elliott, Eliot
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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