🔥Everett

Ehv-rit or Ehv-uh-rit

English variation of the German Eberhard

"brave as a wild boar"

Everett Origin and Meaning

The name Everett is a boy's name of German, English origin meaning "brave as a wild boar".

Everett is a preppy but outdoorsy name, with wintery New England vibes. In the last decade, it’s had a leap in popularity, perhaps because of its similarity to trendy girls’ names like Ava and Scarlett, or perhaps because it offers a fresh alternative to 90’s style Evan and Brett.

Despite its sleek, sharp sounds, Everett’s meaning lends it some rugged charm. An English variation of the German Eberhard, it means "brave as a wild boar".

George Clooney and Dermot Mulroney drew attention to the name when they played Everetts on screen back in the 2000s. More recently, Everett Ross from Marvel’s Black Panther, and Everett Acker from the television series Breaking Badshone a spotlight back on the name.

Everett feels fresh and contemporary, fitting into the trend of surnames-as-given-names and getting cool points from its fashionable V sound. But it also a name with a history. It ranked in the US Top 100 at the beginning of the 20th century, offering it a sense of solidity.

Now, it’s revived and more loved than ever, with 4000 parents choosing it for their sons each year. Gentle but sophisticated, wild but refined, Everett could become an even more poplar choice in the future.

If the sound of Everett appeals to you but the popularity doesn’t, you could consider Barrett, Truett, Beckett, Merritt, or Garnett. If its style intrigues you but you want something more unique perhaps Everest, Wilder, Patton, Roscoe, or Huxley could be a place to start.

Everett Rank in US Top 1000

# 88 in the US

Everett Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 24 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Everett

• 88 US 2023
• 24 Nameberry 2025
• 113 Canada 2023
• 47 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Everett

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• Finley
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• Sawyer
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• Holden
• Wyatt
• Lachlan
• Ellis
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• Rhett
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Famous People Named Everett

• Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Senator from Illinois
• Everett Sloane American actor
• Everett Eric Lindsay American NFL football player
• Everett Norris Case American college basketball coach
• Everett Dean American college basketball coach
• (Charles) Everett Koop former U.S. Surgeon General
• (Lewis) Everett Scott American baseball player
• (James) Everett Sanders American political adviser and party chair
• Everett M. "Busy" Arnold American male founder of Quality Comics
• (Clarke) Everett Hanson (b. 2007) son of singer Isaac Hanson
• Everett Mokarow (b. 2007) son of former Miss USA Courtney Gibbs and Kevin Mokarow
• Everett Floyd Abrams (b. 2012) son of TV journalist Dan Abrams and reality TV personality Florinka Pesenti
• Everett Joseph Wright (b. 2013) son of country music singer Chely Wright
• Everett DiSalvo son of director Lino DiSalvo
• Thomas "Tom" Everett Scott American actor
• John Everett Millais British painter
• Darren Everett Criss American actor/singer
• Rupert Everett English actor
• Dylan Everett Canadian actor

The name Everett in Pop Culture

• Everett Ulysses McGill main character in film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
• Everett Hills Congregational minister in "Mourning Becomes Electra"
• Everett Stone character in film "The Family Stone"
• Everett Hitch soft,spoken gunslinger in "Appaloosa" by Robert B. Parker
• Everett K. Ross character in Marvel Comics
• Mark Everett Sloan character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"

International Variations of the name Everett

• Eberhard German
• Evert Swedish