Elliot or Elliott

[KirstyT11]

So it's the only name we can both agree on at the moment. Not 100% sold. But can't agree on how it should be spelt. I think a double T. Husband thinks only 1.

What's the general verdict?

Elliott.

Just one /t/ looks better for a first name.

Elliott is more usually the surname, I think.

Double T

Definitely with one t. It just looks so much nicer and less like a surname.

Love the name Elliot -much prefer single t at the end.

Definitely single t

Single t.

I have an Elliot, he's one "T"

SIngle t

Single t would be my expectation of a first name.

Double TT looks more finished somehow but that's probably just me being silly

It is just one T

I would have said Eliot (like the poet) but if you look at names.darkgreener.com which has all the statistics on baby names in England and Wales, it looks like hardly anyone agrees with me that it should be Eliot. Elliot is currently slightly more popular than Elliott, it seems (693 Elliots versus 647 Elliotts born last year, but only 20 Eliots).

Single t

Elliot

It’s DS’s middle name but I consistently forget which way we spelt it on the birth certificate . I always hope it’s single T but can’t remember whether it is.

One T

Double

We have an Elliott and I much prefer it BUT he's only 6 and I'm already sick of correcting people who spell it with 1 t. One seems to be the default (which I didn't realise when we named him!) And everywhere he goes I have to remind them. Including Every. Fucking. Year. At school 🤬 so on balance I'd say 1 t even though I prefer 2!

We have two Elliot's at school. Both spelt differently. When referring to them in conversation my DD9 will say "the one with the TT" so I know who she's talking about. TT is traditionally used as for Elliott as a surname.

Elliot

Elliot would have been DC3's name had she been a boy (one T all the way!)

Elliot.

One t only

One T