Elliot (also spelled Elliott, Eliot, or Elyot or Eliott ^[1]) is a personal name which can serve as either a surname or a given name. It may be derived from a French form of Elias, which is itself derived from the biblical name "Elijah".^[2] Other sources claim that the name originates from the Elliot Scottish border-clan, from a transformation of the name Elwold^[3]. Among the many famous people with this name, the most notable include authors T. S. Eliot and George Eliot. Other uses of the word include:

People

Surname

• Davis H Elliot, Electrical Contractor [ELLIOThttp://www.davishelliot.com]
• George Eliot, English novelist
• "Lord Eliot" or "Baron Eliot", the Earl of St Germans
• T. S. Eliot, American/British author
• Cass Elliot (1941-1974), American singer
• Jim Elliot (1927-1956), American missionary
• Justine Elliot, Australian politician
• Herb Elliott, champion Australian middle distance runner
• Keith Elliott (1916-1989), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Missy Elliott, American Hip Hop star
• Sam Elliott, American actor
• Robert Henry Elliot, Scottish agriculturalist

Given name

• Elliot Easton, American musician
• Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
• Elliot Reid, Scrubs character, Doctor of Internal Medicine
• Elliot Richardson, American politician
• Eliot Spitzer, American politician
• Elliot Stabler, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character, police detective
• Elliott Gould, American actor
• Elliott Smith (1969-2003), American singer-songwriter
• Elliott Yamin, American singer and former American Idol participant
• Eliot Ness, American Prohibition agent, head of The Untouchables
• Elliott Carter, American composer

Places

Canada

• Elliot Lake, a city in Ontario

United Kingdom

• Eliot College, Kent, a college of the University of Kent, named after T. S. Eliot
• Elliott School (London), a comprehensive school in Putney, South London

United States

• Eliot, Maine
• Eliot House, a residential house at Harvard College

• Elliot Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Elliott, Illinois
• Elliott, Iowa
• Elliott, North Dakota
• Elliott (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
• Elliott Bay, in Seattle, Washington

Other uses

• Billy Elliot, 2000 film
• Elliott (band) an indie rock band
• Elliott Brothers (computer company)
• Eliot (MBTA station) on the Green Line "D" Branch in Boston
• Elliot Tower, a proposed residential skyscraper in New Zealand
• Elliott wave, stock market technical analysis
• USS Elliot, a World War II Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy

References

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