Elliot
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from English, equivalent to English Elliott. From English Elliott.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elliot (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elliot has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 58 |
| 1999 | – | 97 |
| 2000 | – | 155 |
| 2001 | – | 195 |
| 2002 | – | 232 |
| 2003 | – | 262 |
| 2004 | – | 280 |
| 2005 | – | 405 |
| 2006 | – | 441 |
| 2007 | – | 427 |
| 2008 | – | 386 |
| 2009 | – | 400 |
| 2010 | 2 | 426 |
| 2011 | – | 411 |
| 2012 | 4 | 402 |
| 2013 | – | 407 |
| 2014 | – | 476 |
| 2015 | – | 450 |
| 2016 | 3 | 429 |
| 2017 | – | 441 |
| 2018 | – | 400 |
| 2019 | 6 | 422 |
| 2020 | 3 | 410 |
| 2021 | 2 | 375 |
| 2022 | – | 352 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 305 |
| 2000 | – | 454 |
| 2001 | – | 651 |
| 2002 | – | 879 |
| 2003 | – | 1,143 |
| 2004 | – | 1,414 |
| 2005 | – | 1,809 |
| 2006 | – | 2,236 |
| 2007 | – | 2,661 |
| 2008 | – | 3,075 |
| 2009 | – | 3,475 |
| 2010 | – | 3,903 |
| 2011 | – | 4,313 |
| 2012 | 17 | 4,716 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,124 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,596 |
| 2015 | 24 | 6,050 |
| 2016 | 31 | 6,484 |
| 2017 | 41 | 6,938 |
| 2018 | 43 | 7,353 |
| 2019 | 61 | 7,784 |
| 2020 | 69 | 8,194 |
Elliot in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elliot.Hi! My name is Elliot.
- Har du träffat Elliot? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Elliot? He started working here on Monday.
- Elliot har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Elliot has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Elliots mamma är lärare.Elliot's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elliots mamma is Elliot's mum.
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Questions about Elliot
How do you pronounce Elliot in Swedish?
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What does the name Elliot mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from English, equivalent to English Elliott. From English Elliott.
How popular is Elliot in Sweden?
352 babies were named Elliot in 2022. In 2020, 8,263 people in Sweden had Elliot as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.