as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, itself derived from a medieval (Norman French) masculine given name. This was a diminutive of Elie, the Old French version of Elias. It is borne by the American actor Elliott Gould (b. 1938 as Elliot Goldstein), and has been fairly popular since the latter half of the 20th century.
| 1,511th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,893
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 23,523
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- New York
- has the most people named Elliot per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
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15%
30-54
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