Elliott
Meaning and origin
English surname derived from a Middle English diminutive of Elie, Old French form of Elias or Elijah, meaning "my God is Yahweh". As a Scottish surname it may also represent Gaelic Elloch from a word meaning a dam or bank.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Elliott (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elliott has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | 21 |
| 2000 | 26 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2002 | 23 |
| 2003 | 36 |
| 2004 | 27 |
| 2005 | 39 |
| 2006 | 36 |
| 2007 | 40 |
| 2008 | 33 |
| 2009 | 50 |
| 2010 | 47 |
| 2011 | 54 |
| 2012 | 53 |
| 2013 | 67 |
| 2014 | 63 |
| 2015 | 55 |
| 2016 | 67 |
| 2017 | 67 |
| 2018 | 43 |
| 2019 | 50 |
| 2020 | 31 |
| 2021 | 53 |
| 2022 | 36 |
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 | – | 52 |
| 2000 | – | 78 |
| 2001 | – | 100 |
| 2002 | – | 125 |
| 2003 | – | 159 |
| 2004 | – | 184 |
| 2005 | – | 223 |
| 2006 | – | 257 |
| 2007 | – | 302 |
| 2008 | – | 340 |
| 2009 | – | 395 |
| 2010 | – | 446 |
| 2011 | – | 496 |
| 2012 | – | 552 |
| 2013 | – | 620 |
| 2014 | – | 688 |
| 2015 | 10 | 744 |
| 2016 | 12 | 806 |
| 2017 | 16 | 872 |
| 2018 | 18 | 924 |
| 2019 | 20 | 971 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,009 |
Elliott in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elliott.Hi! My name is Elliott.
- Elliott har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Elliott has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Elliotts mamma är lärare.Elliott's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elliotts mamma is Elliott's mum.
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Questions about Elliott
How do you pronounce Elliott in Swedish?
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What does the name Elliott mean?
English surname derived from a Middle English diminutive of Elie, Old French form of Elias or Elijah, meaning "my God is Yahweh". As a Scottish surname it may also represent Gaelic Elloch from a word meaning a dam or bank.
How popular is Elliott in Sweden?
36 babies were named Elliott in 2022. In 2020, 1,029 people in Sweden had Elliott as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2013 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.