Everett is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Everett isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Everett ranks 115. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 20 were named Everett. In the entire USA, approximately 114,298 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Everett. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The meaning of the name Everett is ‘strong as a boar’ or ‘brave as a wild boar’. It is derived from the Old English words ‘eofor’ meaning ‘boar’ and ‘wold’ meaning ‘ruler’ or ‘ruler of the wild boar’. Everett is considered a strong and traditional name with a bit of wildness and ruggedness.
The first flight-worthy... Boeing 747-100 airliner is called 'City of Everett'. It first flew on 9 February 1969, and is today located at the Museum of Flight near Seattle, Washington.
Everett McGill (*1945)
The former American actor became famous for his portrayal of a caveman in 'Quest for Fire' (1981). He subsequently starred in well-known films such as 'Dune' (1984), 'Silver Bullet' (1985), 'Heartbreak Ridge' (1986) and 'Licence to Kill' (1989). One of his greatest roles was that of Big Ed Hurley in David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' (1990 - 1991). Although he retired from acting in 1999, he returned for the revival of the series.
Everett Sloane (1909 – 1965)
The American character actor performed on radio, theater, film and television. He made his film debut with the role of Mr. Bernstein in 'Citizen Kane' (1941) and advanced to become an outstanding film actor in the 1950s and 1960s. By this time he had already been a successful stage actor.
Everett Shinn (1876 – 1953)
As part of the urban realist movement 'Ashcan School' the American artist became known for his scenes of disaster or street violence, as well as theatrical subjects. The movement opposed official good taste and preferred robust images of real life.
Everett McCorvey (*1957)
The American classical musician is the director of the University of Kentucky Opera Theater and a professor of voice – his students have won numerous vocal competitions. In addition, in 1995 he founded the 'American Spiritual Ensemble', a group of professional singers who perform spirituals and other compositions by African-American composers.
When you hear the name Everett, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Everett? Are you also called Everett? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
Think of an image of an ice-covered mountain range and you might have an idea of Everett Range which is located in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica.
there are numerous places in the U.S. that are called Everett, the Everett Township in Michigan or Everett, the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, for example.
Appearing throughout the time in the United States, the name Everett is a staple in the country: Boys have been given the name Everett for more than 140 years, according to official U.S. naming statistics. Everett is therefore one of only 442 boys’ names that have been given every year since 1880. Even beyond that, Everett is a very special name that peaked in popularity some time ago in the 20th century. Placed at #78 Everett easily made it into the top 100 boys' names of our SmartGenius statistics for male first names and has never been more popular than back in 1906.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Everett was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
As many as 4,176 babies were named Everett in the USA in 2022, ranking it at #83 on the list of the most popular boys' names for that year. However, it experienced its lowest point of popularity in 1995, when it was only ranked #609 of all male names in our SmartGenius statistics – back then only 258 boys were named Everett.
The name Everett may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Everett is apparently especially popular in Maine. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 497 men in Maine is called Everett. In total, that’s 1,492 people who feel addressed when the name Everett is shouted loudly across Maine and who ensure that their name makes it to #112 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Everett as the answer a total of 114,298 times. This places Everett at #263 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Everett as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter E is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 3.8% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Everett has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 3.8%, E as the first letter in boys' names is almost as common as all 26 letters on average - and of all the boys' names that start with an E, Edward is the most common.
If your name is Everett and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Everett, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Everett sounds like this:
