Everett

Everett meaning

Everett is an international boy's name of English origin (from Germanic).

Brave as a boar: eofor/eber "boar" + heard/hard "brave, hardy"

Also used to mean: strong

Everett comes from the medieval name Everard, which Norman settlers brought to England from the Germanic Eberhard; a matching Old English name, Eoforheard, also existed. Its first part is the word for a wild boar, Old English eofor, which Bosworth-Toller define as "a boar, a wild boar", and its second is hard or heard, "hard, brave, hardy", an element the Online Etymology Dictionary notes was common in personal names. Put together it means "brave as a boar", an animal admired for its strength and courage. The name became an English surname and later an American first name. It is easy for Indian families to say.

Source: Bosworth-Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898, with Supplement 1921), s.v. eofor · entry eofor · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Bosworth-Toller, eofor · Online Etymology Dictionary, -ard · Wikipedia, Everett (given name)

Popularity abroad

• #77 United States, boys 2025 (up 8 from 85 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration

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Spellings

Everett · Everette · Everard · Evert

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