Everett
English
Etymology
From Old English Everard, a personal name from eofor (“boar”) + heard (“hardy, brave, strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛvəɹɪt/
Proper noun
Everett (countable and uncountable, plural Everetts)
- (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
- (countable) A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.
- 2000, Alice Walker, The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart, The Women's Press, →ISBN, page 98:
- She had feared it would be absent forever, until she met Everett. "Such a cheeky, English chauffeur's name," he had laughed, when they met.
- A placename
- A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Snohomish County, Washington, United States.
- A borough of Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms
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