Everett is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Old English name Eoforheard and the Germanic Eberhard.
Eoforheard has two elements: 'eofor' (boar), and 'heard' (brave, hardy). Thus Everett means brave as a boar or strong as a boar. Spelling variants include Evert (Dutch and Swedish) and Everette.
People with or referred to by the name include:
Arts and music Everett Phipps Babcock, architect Everett Barksdale, American jazz guitarist E. F. Bleiler, American science fiction editor Everett Bradley (musician), American multi-instrumentalist Everett B. Cole, American science fiction writer Everett De Morier, American writer and playwright Everett Garrison, maker of bamboo fly rods Everett M. Gilmore, American tuba player Everett Helm, American composer Everett Gee Jackson, American impressionist painter Everett Leroy Jones, birthname of writer Amiri Baraka Everett Kinstler, American artist Everett Lee, American conductor and violinist Everett Lewis, American independent filmmaker Everett McCorvey, American tenor, conductor, and producer Everett Morton, English drummer Everett Nourse, organist Everett Owens, pen name for Rob Thomas Everett Peck, American illustrator, comics artist, cartoonist and animator J. Everett Prewitt, American novelist Everett Robbins, American pianist and composer Everett Ruess, American artist, poet, and writer Everett S. Sherman, covered bridge builder Everett Shinn, American realist painter Everett Spruce, American painter Everett Titcomb, American organist and composer Everett True, American musician and journalist Everett Warner, American impressionist painter Everett Woods, architect
Business Everett M. Arnold, comic book publisher Everett Klipp, stock trader Everett F. Merrill, American businessman and city manager Everett Nordstrom, American businessman, chairman and CEO Everett Stern, American businessman and whistleblower
Film and television Everett Brown, American actor Everett De Roche, American-Australian screenwriter Everett Douglas, American film editor Everett Freeman, American screenwriter and producer Everett Glass, American character actor Everett Greenbaum, American television and film writer and actor Everett Eugene Grunz, birthname of American actor E. G. Marshall Edward Everett Horton, American actor Everett Lewis, American filmmaker Everett McGill, American actor Everett Sloane, American character actor
Government, politics, and religion Everett O. Alldredge, American archivist Everett Chamberlin Benton, Massachusetts politician Everett Bidwell, Wisconsin politician Everett E. Bierman, United States Ambassador Everett E. Bolle, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Everett H. Brant, North Dakota politician Everett Brown (politician), New York politician Everett Ellis Briggs, American diplomat Everett Francis Briggs, miner's activist Everett G. Burkhalter, California politician Everett A. Carpenter, former member of the New York State Assembly Everett Colby, New Jersey politician Everett R. Combs, American politician from Virginia Everett Dirksen, American politician Everett E. Dow, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Everett F. Drumright, United States Ambassador Everett Dunn, civil engineer and labor negotiator Everett Eissenstat, American government official and businessman Everett Gendler, American rabbi and civil rights advocate Everett S. Graffeo, former Presiding Patriarch Everett E. Hatcher, American Drug Enforcement Administration agent Everett Hindley, Canadian politician Everett Inbody, former judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals Everett Johnson, former member of the Kansas House of Representatives Everett Holland Jones, Bishop of West Texas B. Everett Jordan, United States senator from North Carolina Everett Kelly, former member of the Florida House of Representatives Everett Kent, Pennsylvania politician C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General of the United States Everett J. Lake, Connecticut politician Everett LaFond, former member of the Wisconsin Senate Everett McBride, former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Everett McDonald, Canadian politician E. H. McEachren, Arizona politician Everett J. Murphy, Illinois politician Everett Newcomb, Canadian politician Everett Osmond, Canadian politician Everett Parker, activist and minister Everett R. Peters (1894–1972), American farmer and politician Everett Piper, conservative commentator and former university president Everett Sanders, American political figure Everett P. Wheeler, anti-suffrage activist Everett Irvine Wood, Canadian politician Everett Riley York, law clerk and Washington politician
Military Everett W. Anderson, American Civil War soldier Everett Alvarez Jr., former United States Navy officer Everett Russell Bailey, United States Army physician Everett Ernest Blakely, United States Air Force pilot Everett Richard Cook, United States Army/Air Force pilot Everett W. Holstrom, United States Army Air Forces pilot Everett Hughes (United States Army officer), 17th U.S. Army Chief of Ordnance Everett F. Larson, United States Marine killed in action and ship namesake Everett P. Pope, United States Marine Everett W. Stewart, United States Army/Air Force pilot
Scientists and scholars Everett Smith Beneke, American mycologist Everett L. Bull, American computer scientist Everett C. Dade, mathematician Everett Fahy, American art historian Everett Ferguson, American Christian studies scholar Everett Fox, Judaic and Bible studies professor Everett L. Fullam, Priest and biblical scholar Everett Peter Greenberg, American microbiologist Everett Carll Ladd, American political scientist Everett Franklin Lindquist, American education professor Everett Joel Hall, professor and businessman Everett Hall, American philosopher Everett F. Harrison, American theologian Everett Hughes (sociologist), American sociologist Everett Dean Martin, American social psychologist and philosopher Everett Mendelsohn, American science historian Everett T. Moore, American librarian Everett C. Olson, American zoologist E. F. Phillips, American beekeeper Everett Reimer, education theorist Everett Rogers, American communication theorist and sociologist Everett K. Rowson, American Middle Eastern and Islamic studies professor Everett L. Shostrom, American psychotherapist Everett Shock, American geochemist Everett E. Vokes, American oncologist Everett J. Waring, American attorney Everett Worthington, clinical psychologist and professor
Sports Everett Bacon, American college football quarterback Everett Bowman, American rodeo cowboy Everett Bradley (athlete), American pentathlete Everett B. Camp, American football player and coach Everett Case, American basketball coach Everett Dawkins, American football defensive tackle Everett Dean, American college basketball and baseball coach Everett Dunklee, American cross-country skier Everett Ellis, American decathlon athlete Everett Fitzhugh, American sports broadcaster Everett Gay, American former football player Everett Golson, former American football quarterback Everett Kell, birth name of American baseball player Skeeter Kell Everett E. Kelley, American college football player Everett Lindsay, American football player Everett Little, American football player Everett McGowan, American ice hockey player Everett McIver, American former football player Everett McLeod, Maine politician Everett T. Moore, footballer Everett Nelson, Negro league baseball pitcher Everett Sanipass, Canadian retired ice hockey forward Everett Scott, American professional baseball player Everett Strupper, American football player Everett Stull, American former baseball pitcher Everett Sweeley, American football player and coach Everett Teaford, American former baseball pitcher Everett Withers, American football coach Everett Whittingham, Jamaican cricketer Everett Yon, American football player and coach
Fictional characters Everett Acker, a character from Better Call Saul Everett K. Ross, character in Marvel Comics Everett Thomas, alter ego of Marvel Comics character Synch Everett Young, a Stargate Universe character
Others Everett Bridgewater, bankrobber Everett C. Erle, American philatelist Everett Farmer, Canadian murderer Everett Klippert, last person convicted of gross indecency for homosexual behavior in Canada Edward Everett Brown (1858–1919) American lawyer, author, civil rights activist
See also Everett (surname) Everette Everett (disambiguation)
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