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Elliot (also spelled Elliott, Eliot, or Elyot [ [http://www.elliotclan.com/name.html Elliot Clan Society: The Elliot Name] ] ) is a
personal name which can serve as either asurname or agiven name . It may be derived from a French form ofElias , which is itself derived from thebiblical name "Elijah ". [ [http://www.behindthename.com/name/elliot Behind the Name: Elliot] ] Other sources claim that the name originates from the Elliot Scottish border-clan, from a transformation of the name "Elwold" [ [http://www.elliotclan.com/history.html Elliot Clan Society - Elliot History] ] . Among the many famous people with this name, the most notable include authorsT. S. Eliot andGeorge Eliot . Other uses of the word include:People
;Surname
*George Eliot , English novelist
* "Lord Eliot" or "Baron Eliot", theEarl of St Germans
*T. S. Eliot , American/British author
*Cass Elliot (1941-1974), American singer
*Jim Elliot (1927-1956), American missionary
*Justine Elliot , Australian politician
*Keith Elliott (1916-1989),New Zealand recipient of theVictoria Cross
*Missy Elliott , American Hip Hop star
*Sam Elliott , American actor;Given name
*Elliot Easton , American musician
*Elliot Goldenthal , American composer
*Elliot Reid , Scrubs character, Doctor of Internal Medicine
*Elliot Richardson , American politician
*Elliot Stabler , character, police detective
*Elliott Gould , American actor
*Elliott Smith (1969-2003), American singer-songwriter
*Elliott Yamin , American singer and formerAmerican Idol participant
*Eliot Ness , American Prohibition agent, head ofThe Untouchables
*Elliott Carter , American composerPlaces
;Canada
*Elliot Lake , a city in Ontario;United Kingdom
*Eliot College, Kent , a college of the University of Kent, named afterT. S. Eliot ;United States
*Eliot, Maine
*Eliot House , a residential house at Harvard College*
Elliot Park, Minneapolis , Minnesota*
Elliott, Illinois
*Elliott, Iowa
*Elliott, North Dakota
*Elliott (Pittsburgh) , Pennsylvania
*Elliott Bay , in Seattle, WashingtonOther uses
* "
Billy Elliot ", 2000 film
*Elliott (band) (1995-2003), a band based out of Louisville, Kentucky
*Elliott Brothers (computer company)
*Eliot (MBTA station) on the Green Line "D" Branch in Boston
*Elliot Tower , a proposed residential skyscraper in New Zealand
*Elliott wave , stock market technical analysis
* USS "Elliot", a World War II Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy
*Elliott (band) Signed to RPM records between 1989-1993 based out of Northwest UK, songwriters, Andrew Walton, Colin WhelanReferences
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