Given name & surname
Evett
“a bright man”
Evett is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a bright man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a bright man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In English usage, Evett as a surname developed from Eve.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 309
- 0 boys · 309 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 463 as a first name in 2020; 973 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Evett’s family of names
In English usage, Evett as a surname developed from Eve. Evett has a related form in Evet. Evett has a related form in Evat.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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