Elmo (given name)
Elmo is a male name, derivative of Erasmus, via the old Italian diminutive Ermo.
It can also be a diminutive form of the given name Guglielmo.
People with this name
Saint Elmo
- Erasmus of Formiae, the patron saint of sailors
- Peter González, also known as Saint Elmo or ''Saint Telmo''
Others
- St. Elmo Brady, the first African American to obtain a Ph.D.
- Elmo Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist and radio announcer
- Elmo Henriksson, Finnish footballer
- Elmo Hope, American jazz pianist
- Elmo Kassin, Estonian cross-country skier
- Elmo Langley, American safety car driver in NASCAR
- Elmo Lincoln, American actor
- Elmo McClain, American politician
- Elmo Nüganen, Estonian theatre director, film director, and actor
- Elmo Kennedy O'Connor, American rapper, known professionally as Bones
- Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 5th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galle
- Elmo Rodrigopulle, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Elmo Roper, American pollster
- Elmo Shropshire, singer of the novelty holiday song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"
- Elmo Stoll, American writer and religious leader, was a prominent former Old Order Amish bishop who founded the "Christian Communities"
- Elmo Tiisvald, Estonian conductor
- Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr., American naval officer
Fictional characters
- Elmo, a Muppet character on the television show Sesame Street, and the basis for the children's toy Tickle Me Elmo
- Elmo, an infantry sergeant in Glen Cook's The Black Company novel series
- Elmo, a Marvel Comics character and member of Technet
- Elmo Putney, a character in the television show Brush Strokes
- Elmo, a character in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons module, The Temple of Elemental Evil
- Elmo the Elk, an elk character in the animated series Eek! the Cat
- Elmo Aardvark, a cartoon character created by Will Ryan