Ellet meaning | Last name Ellet origin

The variation of McElligott. The son of little Ulick, a pet form of William meaning "resolution, helmet".

Surname is form of the Elliott. Descendant of little Elijah or Elias meaning "Jehovah is my God".

The surname Ellet is form of Eliot. See Elliott - A name of doubtful origin. A William Aliot came into England with the Conqueror, and the name seems to be connected with Alis and Ellis. But Hals, speaking of the Eliots (Lord St. Germain's family), says: "These gentlemen I take to be of Scots original and so denominated from the local place of Eliot, near Dundee." The name, though very widely spread, certainly seems in most instances to have come from Northern Britain, where a great clan so called existed.

See Elias - Elias or Helyas was a very common Anglo-Norman baptismal name, and became the parent of the surnames Ellis, Ellison, and perhaps of Elliot, Elliotson, Els or Ells, Elson, Elley, Ellet, and Lelliot.

Ellet is a variant of Elliott. A name of doubtful origin. A William Aliot came into England with the Conqueror, and the name seems to be connected with Alis and Ellis. But Hals, speaking of the Eliots (Lord St. Germain's family), says: "These gentlemen I take to be of Scots original and so denominated from the local place of Eliot, near Dundee." The name, though very widely spread, certainly seems in most instances to have come from Northern Britain, where a great clan so called existed.

The Ellet is variant of the Lelliot. See Elliott - A name of doubtful origin. A William Aliot came into England with the Conqueror, and the name seems to be connected with Alis and Ellis. But Hals, speaking of the Eliots (Lord St. Germain's family), says: "These gentlemen I take to be of Scots original and so denominated from the local place of Eliot, near Dundee." The name, though very widely spread, certainly seems in most instances to have come from Northern Britain, where a great clan so called existed.

Variation of Ellicott. In old Irish records this name is written indifferently Mac Elligott and Mac Leod. "The family originally came to Kerry in consequence of an early marriage of one of the Fitz-Maurices, Barons of Lixnaw, with an heiress of that name; and by reason of this connection Fitz-Maurice is said to bear a tower in his coat of arms; and a parish of Kerry, near Tralee, is called Bally-Mac-Elligott." The name took the form of Ellicott in the seventeenth century.