Eliot

Where Eliot comes from

The dictionaries list Eliot as a given name — a male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elliott — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1905
    First appearance
    #836 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Eliot Spitzer born
    54th Governor of New York from 2007 to 2008
  3. 1960
    Peak, #799
    91 babies named Eliot — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,147.
  5. 2000
    Eliot Vassamillet born
    Belgian singer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elliott.
Namesakes
  • Eliot Spitzer · 54th Governor of New York from 2007 to 2008, born 1959
  • Eliot Vassamillet · Belgian singer, born 2000
  • Eliot Ness · American Prohibition agent, 1903–1957
  • Eliot Engel · American politician, 1947–2026
  • Eliot Sumner · British musician, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.