Everest: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “from the Eurest river settlement”
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- EV-er-est · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Both (23% girls, 77% boys since 1880)
As a given name, Everest comes from the surname Everest. The surname is generally traced to a place name in southern England from Welsh-related elements; Mount Everest was named for surveyor George Everest.
How popular is Everest?
Babies named Everest in 2024366
2024 rank#845 boys
Peak year2023
Total US babies since 18803,574
Everest is rising: use over the last five years is 7.3× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Everest
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Everest questions
What does the name Everest mean?
Everest means "from the Eurest river settlement". It comes from Welsh. As a given name, Everest comes from the surname Everest. The surname is generally traced to a place name in southern England from Welsh-related elements; Mount Everest was named for surveyor George Everest.
Is Everest a boy or girl name?
Everest is used for both: about 23% of US babies named Everest since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Everest?
366 US babies were named Everest in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.
How do you pronounce Everest?
Everest is usually pronounced EV-er-est.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.