Elliot (also spelled Eliot, Elliotte, Elliott, Eliott and Elyot) is a personal name. It can serve as either a surname or a given name. Although the given name has historically been given to males. Females named Elliot have increased from 414 in 2009 to 770 in 2013, in the United States.

Eliot
George Eliot (1819–1880), English novelist – pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), British-American author

Elliott
 Barry Elliott (1944-2018) and Paul Elliott (born 1947), better known as The Chuckle Brothers, British comedy double act
Bill Elliott (born 1955), American racing driver
Bob Elliott, multiple people
Brennan Elliott, Canadian actor
Brian Elliott, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Bryn Elliott, English footballer
Bump Elliott (1925–2019), American college football player, coach, and athletic director
Chris Elliott, American actor
Denholm Elliott (1922–1992), British actor
Joe Elliott, lead singer for the band Def Leppard
Lloyd Hartman Elliott (1918–2013), American academic
Marianne Elliott (historian) (1948-), British historian of Ireland
Marianne Elliott (director) (1966-), British theatrical director
Poly Styrene, (1957–2011) Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, British musician
Martin Elliott (1946–2010), British photographer
Michele Elliott, British author, psychologist, teacher and the founder of child protection charity Kidscape
Missy Elliott, American hip hop singer
Peter Elliott, multiple people
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada
Sam Elliott, American actor

Elliot
Elliot Page (born 1987), Canadian actor  
Adam Elliot (born 1972), Australian animator and Academy Award winner
 (Mama) Cass Elliot (1941–1974), American singer – pseudonym of Ellen Naomi Cohen

Given name
Elliott Belgrave, Barbadian citizen and retired High Court Judge
Elliott Carter, American composer
Eliot Engel, US Representative for New York's 16th congressional district
Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
Elliott Gould, American actor
Eliot Ness (1903–1957), American prohibition agent
Elliot Page, Canadian actor and producer 
Elliot Pennington, American figure skater
Elliot Richardson, American politician
Elliot Rodger, an American college student, who perpetrated the 2014 Isla Vista massacre
Elliott Sadler, American racing driver
Elliot Simmons (born 1998), English footballer
Elliott Smith (1969–2003), American singer-songwriter
Eliot Spitzer, American politician

Fictional characters
Eliot Rosewater, a character in the Kurt Vonnegut novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
 Eliot Spencer, from Leverage
 Eliot Waugh, one of the main characters in The Magicians by Lev Grossman
 Elliot Alderson, one of the lead characters in the Mr. Robot television series
 Elliot Blitzer, a character in the film True Romance
 Elliot Carver, the antagonist in the film Tomorrow Never Dies
 Elliot Edwards, one of two protagonists in the Sega Saturn video game Nights into Dreams...
Elliot Reid, a female character in Scrubs
 Elliot Richards, the protagonist in the 2000 remake of the film Bedazzled
 Elliot Salem, one of two protagonists later turned antagonist in the video game series Army Of Two
 Elliot Schafer, protagonist of In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Elliot Stabler, a senior detective from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime portrayed by Christopher Meloni
 Elliot Vaughn, the antagonist in the film Vertical Limit
 Elliott, a character in the 2004 remake of the film Flight of the Phoenix
 Elliott, the dragon in the 1977 Disney film Pete's Dragon and its 2016 remake
Elliott Spencer, the former name of the antagonist in the Hellraiser film franchise
 Elliott Taylor, a male main character in the film E T: the Extra-Terrestrial
 Elliott Templeton, a character in The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
 Elliott Rodger Witt, also known as Mirage, a playable character in Apex Legends.
 Elyot Chase, one of the lead characters in "Private Lives" by Noël Coward
 Elliot Ludwig, a character from Poppy Playtime

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