Everard

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Everard

  1. An English surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A male given name.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Everaert, Everardt (late 16th C. CE)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch Everarde, from Old Dutch *Evurhart, from Proto-West Germanic *Eburahardu, from *ebur (“wild boar”) +‎ *hardu (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Early Medieval Latin Evrehardus.[1] First attested in the late 16th C. CE

Proper noun

Everard m

  1. a male given name

References

  1. ^ Guérard, Benjamin Edme Charles, editor (1844), Polyptyque de l'abbé Irminon‎[1] (in French and Latin), Tome Second, Paris: Imprimerie royale, page 172
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