Everard
EV-er-ard
A Germanic name meaning “strong as a wild boar.”
Meaning
Everard is the English form associated with Germanic Eberhard/Eberhardt, built from elements meaning “boar” and “strong/hardy.” In the excerpts, it is glossed as “firm wild boar” and “strong as a wild boar,” with the sense sometimes extended figuratively to “strong man.”
Origin
GermanOld FrenchEnglishmasculine
Fun fact
The name appears in medieval English records after the Norman Conquest, with Yonge noting that English Everard likely sprang up from several Domesday-era Evrards.