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Elliott

Say it: EL-ee-ot/ˈɛliːət/

BoyMeans from Elias, which means "my God is Yahweh"7 letters3 syllables

#198

in Ireland (2025)

#199 with spellings combined

24

babies in 2025

#147

best rank (2013)

585

babies since 1989

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10-year rank change

Elliott through the years

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Elliott: babies per year in Ireland, 1964 to 202501020304050196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series changePeak 2013: 43
Elliott: rank per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025#1#10#50#100#250#500196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Elliott: per 10,000 boys per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025051015196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Babies per 10,000 boys listed by the CSO that year, which evens out changes in the number of births.
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YearBabies (boys)Rank
202524#199
202424#197
202328#180
202234#164
202131#174
202030#174
201938#152
201825#215
201738#156
201631#184
201526#210
201432#184
201343#147
201224#233
201127#210
201015#296
200915#292
200811#346
200713#282
200611#282
200510#268
20045#391
20035#375
20023#451
20015#317
20006#274
19994#330
19983#369
19975#303
19963#369
19944#299
19925#267
19904#286
19893#307

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.

★ What does Elliott mean?

From Elias, which means "my God is Yahweh"

English, from a surname that began as a medieval pet form of Elie (Elias).

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ELeeot

The story of Elliott

Elliott is an English surname that grew out of a medieval pet form of Elie, the Old French version of Elias or Elijah. That Hebrew name means “my God is Yahweh”. In Scotland the surname may sometimes have a separate Gaelic source. Today the first name usually stands for the surname rather than for Elias.

Elliot, Eliot and Eliott are other spellings. The CSO counts Elliot and Elliott separately, and each has its own page.

Elliott first appears in the CSO records in 1989. It peaked in 2013, with 43 babies, when it reached number 147. In 2025, 24 boys were named Elliott. In Northern Ireland its best rank so far was number 114 in 2018.

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Sources
  • Wiktionary: Elliott (English proper noun)
  • Wikipedia: Elliot
  • CSO VSA50, Boys Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences
  • NISRA, First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland

At a glance

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Nicknames

Eli

Spellings counted here

Spelling2025All years
Elliott24585

In Northern Ireland

#175 in 2025 with 12 babies. Best rank #114 (2018); 255 babies since 1999.

Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.

Elliott is also given to girls: 3 since 2021.

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