Everett

Everett

English

Etymology

From Dutch Everaert or Everardt (late 16th C.), from Middle Dutch Everarde. Doublet of Everard

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛvəɹɪt/

Proper noun

Everett (countable and uncountable, plural Everetts)

  1. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. (countable) A male given name from Dutch 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.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    2. A township in Newaygo County, Michigan.
    3. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri.
    4. A township in Burt County, Nebraska.
    5. An unincorporated community and township in Dodge County, Nebraska.
    6. An unincorporated community in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
    7. An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio.
    8. A borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
    9. A city, the county seat of Snohomish County, Washington.
  4. A community in Adjala-Tosorontio township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

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