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Elliott

/ˈɛliːət/ · name

Meaning

  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname (today representing transferred use of the surname)
  4. A surname. from Scottish
  5. A village in Illinois, United States.
  6. A male given name from Hebrew.
  7. A surname transferred from the given name. from Hebrew given name
  8. A placename

Etymology / origin

English surname derived from a Middle English diminutive of Elie, Old French form of Elias or Elijah, meaning "my God is Yahweh". As a Scottish surname it may also represent Gaelic Elloch from a word meaning a dam or bank.

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