[FONT=arial]Does anyone know the origin of [name_u]Elliot[/name_u]/[name_u]Elliott[/name_u]? I’ve been told it’s Scottish, [name_m]French[/name_m] and Greek, but I’d really like to know which it actually is.
Both mine and my husband’s families are from the UK, primarily [name_f]England[/name_f] and [name_f]Scotland[/name_f], so it’d be great to know for sure as [name_u]Elliott[/name_u]/[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] is our current front-runner if this baby is a boy!
Thanks all 
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[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] itself is English; it’s derived from the name [name_u]Elias[/name_u]. [name_u]Elias[/name_u] is the Greek cognate of [name_m]Elijah[/name_m] which is Hebrew. It depends on how far back you want to go. Haha.
I prefer the double t at the end. It just seems to balance out the double l.
The wikipedia page on [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] is actually quite helpful Elliot - Wikipedia & BritishBabyNames’s post is great, too Name of the Week - British Baby Names.
Thing is, we can’t give you one correct answer since there is none, it’s all just mights and maybes and perhaps all versions are true.
Spelling wise, I’d obviously go with [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] but in the US & [name_f]England[/name_f]/[name_m]Wales[/name_m] it has always been the more popular spelling until recently (though we have no data of the E&W from 1970 - 1996, so I’m not sure there but before at least til the 50s [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] has been more popular than all the other spellings).
Thanks ladies! And I prefer the [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] spelling as well