First name origin & meaning: Hebrew: High First name variations: Eli, Ely, Elliot, Eliott, Eliut, Eliud, Elliotte, Elyot, Eliot Last name origins & meanings:
- English: from a Middle English personal name, Elyat,
Elyt. This represents at least two Old English personal names
which have fallen together: the male name A{dh}elgēat
(composed of the elements a{dh}el ‘noble’ + Gēat, a
tribal name; see Jocelyn), and the female personal name
A{dh}elḡ{dh} (composed of the elements a{dh}el
‘noble’ + ḡ{dh} ‘battle’). The Middle English name seems
also to have absorbed various other personal names of Old English or
Continental Germanic origin, as for example Old English
Ælfweald (see Ellwood).
- English: from a pet form
of Ellis.
- Scottish: Anglicized form of the originally
distinct Gaelic surname Elloch, Eloth, a topographic
name from Gaelic eileach ‘dam’, ‘mound’, ‘bank’. Compare
Eliot.
Famous people with this first name:
Elliott Gould Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Robert De Niro This name appears in the following lists:
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