Eliot - Meaning of Eliot

What does Eliot mean?

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Eliot

[ 3 syll. e-liot, el-i-ot ] The baby boy name Eliot is pronounced as EHL-iy-ahT †. Eliot is primarily used in the English language, and it is of Hebrew and Old French origin.

Eliot is a form of the English and Hebrew name Elijah.

Eliot is also a variant spelling of the English name Elliot.

See also the related categories, hebrew and french.

Eliot is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the height of its usage in 2012, 0.011% of baby boys were given the name Eliot. It ranked at #935 then. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is now used on a very modest scale. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly linked to Eliot, Elijah was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Eliot include Eliada, Elida, Elido, Eliott, Elliot, Elliott, Elliotte, Ellyot, Elyada, Eladio, Heladio, Eldad, Ellwald, Ellwold, Ellwood, Elwald, Elwold, Elwood, and Elyot.

† Pronunciation for Eliot: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

Details of famous persons named Eliot:
Law Officer Eliot Ness, born 19 April 1903 - 16 May 1957, Chicago, Illinois.
Poet T.S. Eliot, born Thomas Stearns Eliot, 26 September 1888 - 4 January 1965, St. Louis, Missouri.