Everard

English spelling variation of Eberhard
"hardy"

Everard Origin and Meaning

The name Everard is a boy's name of English origin meaning "hardy".

An older form of Everett that stays closer to its Germanic roots. Distinguished Everard is the name of several historical figures and literary characters, including a minor hobbit in The Lord of the Rings. Yet, even now that Ever- names are the height of style, Everard hasn't been seen on the charts for decades.

Famous People Named Everard

  • Everard Richard Calthrop
    English railway engineer
  • Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps
    English ensign
  • Everard Mercurian
    4th Jesuit Superior General
  • Everard Digby
    English Catholic
  • Everard Home
    British physician
  • Everard of Calne
    medieval Bishop of Norwich
  • Everard Ferdinand im Thurn
    English explorer and governor of Fiji
  • Everard Fawkener
    English merchant and diplomat
  • Everard of Ypres
    French scholastic philosopher

Everard in Pop Culture

  • Everard Barfoot
    character in The Odd Women (1893) by George Gissing
  • Everard Bone
    character in Barbara Pym's Excellent Women
  • Sir Everard
    Edward Waverley's uncle in Waverley (1814) by Sir Walter Scott
  • Everard Webley
    in Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point (1928)