Eliot

“Variant of Elliott — My God is Yahweh” — Hebrew via Old French origin

Boy's name · #1403 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Eliot reached its best rank, #800, in 1960 and ranked #1403 in 2025. Roughly 7,900 boys have been named Eliot since 1905. Eliot is a rare spelling of Elliot (#151) and Elliott (#160) — about 3% of babies given the name are written this way.

Around the world: #42 in Hungary (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Eliots

Eliot Spitzer — 54th Governor of New York from 2007 to 2008
Eliot Vassamillet — Belgian singer
Eliot Ness — American Prohibition agent (1903-1957)
Eliot Engel — American politician (1947 – 2026)
Eliot Sumner — British musician

In stories & tradition

Eliot Rosewater — Slaughterhouse-Five · Hocus Pocus
Eliot — Dead or Alive 4 · Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Eliot Spencer — Leverage · Leverage: Redemption

What Eliots become

Among 147 notable people named Eliot:

Entertainers appear 1.84× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer.

Similar names: Eliott · Baron · Elyon · Kalvin · Elyjah · Vince

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