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English
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.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elliott (countable and uncountable, plural Elliotts)
- (countable) A male given name
- A male given name from Hebrew
- A male given name transferred from the surname (today representing transferred use of the surname)
- (countable) A surname.
- A surname transferred from the given name. from Hebrew given name
- A surname. from Scottish
- A placename
- A village in Illinois, United States
- A city in Iowa, United States
- A city in North Dakota, United States
- Ellipsis of Elliott County.
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