Everest

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Everest, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Forrest
• Cedar
• Flint
• Forest
• Denali
• Alder
• Canyon
• Atlas
• Cypress
• Fox
• Clay
• Caspian

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Everest is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Èvêrêst

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Everest is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, in Eure, Normandy, so called from having apparently been the capital of the Eburovices, a Gaul, tribe. This tribal name appears in turn to derive from the river name Ebura (now the Eure), which may perhaps be akin to a Celt, word for the yew tree (cf. Ive and York). Vars.: Everist, Everix, Everiss, Evreux, Everist; Devereux.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In English, Ellipsis of Mount Everest.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, mtn.. Himalayas

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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)

• George Everestb. 1790GBWelsh surveyor and geographer (1790–1866)
• Mary Everest Booleb. 1832GBauthor of didactic works on mathematics (1832-1916)
• Elizabeth Ann Everestb. 1832GBWinston Churchill's nanny
• Eleanor Everest Freerb. 1864USAmerican composer and philanthropist (1864–1942)
• Barbara Everestb. 1890GBBritish actress (1890-1968)
• Wesley Everestb. 1890USU.S. Army World War I veteran and trade unionist lynched during the Centralia Massacre, Armistice Day 1919 (1890–1919)
• Frank Kendall Everestb. 1920USAmerican air force officer (1920–2004)
• Timothy Everestb. 1961GBWelsh fashion designer
• Erica Everestb. 1972USAmerican adult model & pornographic actress
• Jackson Everestactor

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)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Everest mean, and where does it come from?

person from Evreux, Normandy; from the Celtic tribal name Eburovices 'dwellers on the River Eure'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

How do you pronounce Everest?

A machine transcription gives /ɛvəɹɪst/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Everest have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 777 people named Everest, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Everest most common?

Everest is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 428 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Everest?

In the United States, the national register counted 777 people named Everest in 2010, about 1 in 428 thousand residents.