Evert
Masculine · “brave as a boar”
The boar was the fiercest animal a Germanic warrior could name himself after. Boar-crested helmets appear in Beowulf and on the Sutton Hoo helmet, and eber, the boar, is the first element of Everett, Eberhard and Evert.
How old is the name Evert?
Evert was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Evert alive today was born around 1929, making them about 96 years old. About 1,000 people named Evert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Evert most popular?
Evert peaked in 1901, reaching #407 nationally. Today it ranks #6803, 6,396 places below that high. See the whole 1901 chart.
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Where it comes from
From eber hard to Evert
The story of Evert
Old English poetry describes boar figures set on helmet crests to guard the wearer, and archaeology confirms it: the Benty Grange helmet carries a boar and the Sutton Hoo helmet has boar-headed terminals. Naming a son for the animal was ordinary. Eberhard was a common Germanic name and produced Everard in England, Evert in the Netherlands and Low Germany, and Everett as a surname turned given name in America. Evert reached United States records with Dutch and German migration, particularly to the midwest, and had its best year in 1901.
Meaning
brave as a boar
From Germanic eber, a wild boar, and hard, brave or hardy, giving Eberhard, which Dutch and Low German reduced to Evert. The boar was associated with ferocity and with protection in Germanic culture, and boar imagery appears on helmets and in poetry as a guardian figure. The second element is the same hard as in Richard, Bernard and Gerard.
How the name formed
- eber hard
- Eberhard
- Evert
Related forms: Evert · Eberhard · Evert · Everard
Pronouncing Evert
EH-vurt
Two syllables with the stress on the first. Dutch gives the v a sound between v and f, and the final t is fully released.
Nicknames for Evert
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 192396 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #407reached in 1901
- Change vs 2021
- +33.3%12 in 2025, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Evert in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Evert in Dutch — same name
- Eberhard in German — same name
- Evert in Swedish — same name
- Everard in English — same name
Everts among us
people named Evert are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 142,340 born in 2025 was named Evert
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Evert sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Evert beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Evert in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Germanic meaning with two concrete elements.
- Ev is a short, current and fully usable everyday form.
- Marks a Dutch or Scandinavian heritage clearly.
- Everett is far more common in the United States and will be substituted.
- In American ears it reads as an early-twentieth-century name.
- Dutch and English say the v differently.
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Masculine · #6803 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Everts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Evert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Evert in 2025?
- Evert ranks #6803 among US boy names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Evert?
- About 1 in every 142,340 US boys born in 2025 was named Evert — 12 in all.
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- Evert will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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