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Boy · Germanic
Everard
Say it: EV-er-ard
Meaning
From Germanic ebur 'boar' and hard 'hard, brave'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in Norman and Plantagenet England.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 250 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1912, about 1 in 61,400 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Everart
| German | Eberhard |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Evert |
| French | Évrard |
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Where this comes from
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.