English Explanatory Dictionary

Elliott

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname (today representing transferred use of the surname)
  4. A surname.
  5. A surname transferred from the given name. from Hebrew given name
  6. A surname. from Scottish
  7. A placename
  8. A village in Illinois, United States.
  9. A city in Iowa, United States.
  10. A city in North Dakota, United States.
  11. Ellipsis of Elliott County.
  12. A locality in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.

Pronunciation

ĕlēət /ˈɛliːət/ /ˈɛlɪjət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elliott.wav

Word forms

Elliott Elliotts Eliot Elliot Eliott

Etymology

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.

Derived words

Elliott County Elliott eye Elliott-Halberstam conjecture Elliott wave
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