Elliott: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “the Lord is my God”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- EL-ee-ut · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (89% of all uses)
From an English surname derived from a medieval form of Elias or Elijah. It ultimately traces back to the Hebrew name Eliyahu.
How popular is Elliott?
Babies named Elliott in 20242,706
2024 rank#162 boys
Peak year2019
Total US babies since 188067,925
Elliott is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Elliott
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Elliott questions
What does the name Elliott mean?
Elliott means "the Lord is my God". It comes from English. From an English surname derived from a medieval form of Elias or Elijah. It ultimately traces back to the Hebrew name Eliyahu.
Is Elliott a boy or girl name?
Elliott is mainly a boy's name in US records (89% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Elliott?
2,706 US babies were named Elliott in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.
How do you pronounce Elliott?
Elliott is usually pronounced EL-ee-ut.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.