Everett

Where Everett comes from

From Dutch Everaert or Everardt (late 16th C.), from Middle Dutch Everarde. Doublet of Everard.
— Wiktionary's entry for Everett
  • Dutch
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #120 among boys — 110 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1945
    Everett McGill born
    American actor
  3. 2025
    Peak, #77
    4,287 babies named Everett — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2025
    The comeback
    Back to #77 after sinking to #649 in 1995.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Dutch transferred back from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Everett McGill · American actor, born 1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.