Everhett is a modern respelling of Everett, an English surname derived from the Germanic Eberhard, which means "brave boar" or "strong as a boar", from eber, boar, and hard, brave. The double t and added h follow the style of names like Emmett and Beckett and give the surname classic a fresh look. Everhett was too rare to be recorded in 2000; it climbed from number 3258 in 2015 to number 2068 in 2023 and stood at number 2267 among US boys in 2025.