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Origine of last name

ELLIOTT : 1: English: from the Middle English Old French personal name Eliot a pet form of the Old Testament name Elijah rendered in Greek as Ēlias and in Old French as Élie + the diminutive suffix -ot; compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Ellis">Ellis</a>. The name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Aylett">Aylett</a> may in some cases also have been confused with or absorbed into Elliott.2: Scottish: late variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Elwood">Elwood</a>.3: Scottish (of Breton origin): perhaps as some members of the Elliott clan believe a Scottish variant of the Breton surname Elleouet a habitational name from one of the hamlets named Allegot in Finistère.

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