Everett

English

Etymology

From Old English Everard, a personal name from eofor (“boar”) + heard (“hardy, brave, strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvəɹɪt/

Proper noun

Everett (countable and uncountable, plural Everetts)

1. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. (countable) A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.
   • 2000, Alice Walker, The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart, The Women's Press, →ISBN, page 98:

     She had feared it would be absent forever, until she met Everett. "Such a cheeky, English chauffeur's name," he had laughed, when they met.

3. A placename
   1. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
   2. A city, the county seat of Snohomish County, Washington, United States.
   3. A borough of Pennsylvania, United States.

Derived terms

• Everett branch
• Everettian

 

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃弗里特 (Āifúlǐtè)

• Dutch: Evert (nl)
• Estonian: Evert
• Finnish: Eevertti
• French: Évrard (fr)
• German: Eberhard (de)
• Spanish: Eberardo
• Swedish: Evert (sv)