The first name Everard
A boy’s name meaning “wild boar”, “hard”, “brave”.
3 syllables Male Also a surname
Meaning and origin
Everard means “wild boar”, “hard”, “brave”.
From Old English Eofurheard, Eoferard, from Proto-West Germanic *Eburahardu, from *ebur (“wild boar”) + *hardu (“hard, brave”). Reinforced by cognate names from Anglo-Norman and Middle Dutch. Doublet of Everett.
More names that mean brave.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Everard at birth, 1880–2025
In 1998, 5 boys born in the United States were named Everard, the 10,127th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1920, when 15 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
- Euerarde
- Everett
Famous people named Everard
9 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Everard HomeBritish surgeon (1756–1832)
- Everard ButlerCanadian rower (1885–1958)
- Robert Everard WoodsonAmerican botanist (1904–1963)
- Everard F. im ThurnBritish colonial administrator, explorer and author (1852-1932)
- Everard EndtAmerican sailor, born 1893
- Everard 't SerclaesBelgian noble (1320-1388)
- Everard Digby(1578–1606) English conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
- Norman BrookesAustralian tennis player (1877–1968)
- Howard KochAmerican screenwriter (1901-1995)
Questions
- What does the name Everard mean?
- Everard means “wild boar”, “hard”, “brave”.
- Is Everard a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 250 US babies named Everard since 1880 were boys.
- When was Everard most popular?
- 1920 in the United States, when 15 babies were named Everard, its highest rank at 2,167th.
- What are other spellings of Everard?
- Euerarde and Everett.
- Is Everard also a surname?
- Yes. Everard is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.