Ever
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Always, frequently, forever
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/eβeɾ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ever is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country. In Paraguay it is the 93rd most common given name.
- PYParaguay≈1 in 419(inferred from the name graph)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 799
- HNHonduras≈1 in 968
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Colombia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 218 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 419 (inferred from the name graph)
≈17,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Paraguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Always, frequently, forever.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ever counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO Colombia | #418 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | 9 | Ever | 93 |
| PY Paraguay | #93 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 419 | — | Ever | 49 |
| PE Peru | #450 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Ever | 70 |
| HN Honduras | #119 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 968 | — | Ever | 36 |
| US United States | — | 9,512 | 1 in 35K | 7.9K | Ever | 218 |
| SV El Salvador | #240 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 799 | — | Ever | 44 |
| BO Bolivia | — | ≈7,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Ever | 35 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the co-datosgov-candidates register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ever is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Norwegian Nynorsk, indefinite plural of eve
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, ever (with superlative)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, wild boar (Sus scrofa)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, present of eve
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, buveur
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ever Hugo Almeidab. 1948UYParaguayan footballer
- Ever Hernándezb. 1958SVSalvadoran footballer
- Ever Palaciosb. 1969COColombian association football player
- Ever Carradineb. 1974USAmerican actress
- Ever Caballerob. 1982PYParaguayan footballer
- Ever Alfarob. 1982CRCosta Rican footballer
- Ever Amarillab. 1984PYParaguayan Footballer
- Ever Canterob. 1985PYParaguayan footballer
- Éver Valenciab. 1996VEColombian association football player
- Ruby Copelandb. 2016not in their usual namedaughter of Edge and Beth Phoenix
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 48 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.9K | #2,548 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.6K | #2,548 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 169 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 131 | — |
| CO Colombia | Colombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co) | — | 9 | #112 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Ever a male or female name?
- Ever is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Ever mean, and where does it come from?
- Always, frequently, forever. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Ever?
- A machine transcription gives /eβeɾ/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Ever have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Ever in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ever.
- How common is the name Ever?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,512 people named Ever in 2020, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
- How common is Ever compared with other names?
- In Colombia, Ever is the 418th most common given name of 106,067 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/everThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ever” — the 418th most common given name in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.