Elliot

**Elliot** (also spelled **Eliot**, **Elliotte**, **Elliott**, **Eliott** and **Elyot**) is a personal name. It can be 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

- 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

## Infobox (given name)

- **name**: Elliot
- **gender**: Male
- **language**: English, Breton
- **origin**: Scotland (c. 1300 AD); England (1180 AD); Brittany, France (before 1066 AD)
- **alternative spelling**: Elliott, Eliott, Elliotte, Eliot, Elliot, Elliota
- **meaning**: 'With Strength and Right' or 'Bravely and Truly' or 'Boldly and Rightly' or 'The Lord is my God'