Evert

Evert is a Dutch and Nordic short form of the Germanic masculine name "Everhard" (alternative Eberhard).² The Germanic meaning is brave as a boar.¹² The Finish spelling is Eevert. The diminutive form is Eef. The English variant is Everett.¹ The related surname is Everts.

Notable people with the name include:

• Evert van Aelst (1602–1657), Dutch still life painter
• Evert Andersen (1772–1809), Norwegian naval officer
• Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816–1878), American publisher and biographer
• Evert Azimullah (born 1938), Surinamese diplomat, politician, and writer
• Evert Båge (1925–2021), Swedish Air Force major general
• Evert Jan Baerends (born 1945), Dutch theoretical chemist
• Evert Bancker (mayor) (1665–1734), New Netherland/New York trader and politician
• Evert Bancker (speaker) (1721–1803), New York merchant and politician
• Evert Basch
• Evert Bastet (born 1950), Canadian sailor
• Evert van Benthem (born 1958), Dutch speed skater
• Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964), Dutch philosopher and logician
• Evert Björn (1888–1974), Swedish middle-distance runner
• Evert Bloemsma (1958–2005), Dutch type designer and graphic designer
• Evert Jan Boks (1838–1914), Dutch painter
• Evert Jan Brill (1812–1871), Dutch publisher
• Evert Brouwers (born 1990), Dutch footballer
• Evert Jan Bulder (1894–1973), Dutch footballer
• Evert Collier (1642–1708), Dutch painter
• Evert Dolman (1946–1993), Dutch racing cyclist
• Evert Dudok (born 1959), Dutch engineer and CEO
• Evert Eloranta (1879–1936), Finnish politician
• Evert Endt (born 1933), Dutch-born French designer
• Evert Geradts (born 1943), Dutch cartoonist
• Evert Grift (1922–2009), Dutch racing cyclist
• Evert Groenewald (fl. 1963–1999), South African Navy officer
• Evert Gunnarsson (1929–2022), Swedish rower
• Evert Hingst (1969–2005), Dutch lawyer and murder victim
• Evert Hoek (born 1933), South African-Canadian civil engineer
• Evert-Jan 't Hoen (born 1975), Dutch baseball player
• Evert Hokkanen (1864–1918), Finnish farmworker and politician
• Evert Horn (1585–1615), Swedish soldier
• Evert Hoving (born 1953), Dutch middle-distance runner
• Evert Huttunen (1884–1924), Finnish journalist and politician
• Evert Jakobsson (1886–1960), Finnish javelin thrower
• Evert Johansson (1903–1990), Finnish canoeist
• Evert Kamerbeek (1934–2008), Dutch decathlete
• Evert Karlsson (1920–1996), Swedish ski jumper
• Evert Koops (1885–1938), Dutch sprinter
• Evert Kroes (born 1950), Dutch rower
• Evert Kroon (1946–2018), Dutch water polo goalkeeper
• Evert Johan Kroon (born 1966), Netherlands Antilles swimmer
• Evert Kulenius (1879–1958), Finnish schoolteacher and politician
• Evert Larock (1865–1901), Belgian painter
• Évert Lengua (born 1983), Peruvian footballer
• Evert van Linge (1895–1964), Dutch footballer
• Evert Lundquist (1904–1994), Swedish painter and graphic artist
• Evert Lundqvist (1900–1979), Swedish footballer
• Evert van Milligen (born 1948), Dutch VVD politician
• Evert Musch (1918–2007), Dutch painter
• Evert van Muyden (1853–1922), Swiss engraver, illustrator and painter
• Evert Nilsson (1894–1973), Swedish pentathlete and decathlete
• Evert Nyberg (1925–2000), Swedish long-distance runner
• Evert Oudendijck (1650–1695), Dutch painter
• Evert Pieters (1856–1932), Dutch painter
• Evert Ploeg (born 1963), Australian portrait painter.
• Evert Skoglund (born 1953), Italian footballer
• Evert V. Snedecker (1838–1899), American racing horse trainer and owner
• Evert Sodergren (1920–2013), American studio furniture maker
• Evert Svensson (1925–2024), Swedish sociologist and politician
• Evert Sparks (1879–1972), Canadian (Alberta) politician
• Evert Taube (1890–1976), Swedish author, artist, composer and singer
• Evert Verbist (born 1984), Belgian road cyclist
• Evert Verwey (1905–1981), Dutch chemist
• Evert Ysbrandszoon Ides (1657–1708), Danish traveller and diplomat

• Alexei Evert (1857–1926), General in the Russian Empire
• Angelos Evert (1894–1970), Greek police officer
• Chris Evert (born 1954), American tennis player
  • Evert Cup, women's tennis tournament named after her
  • Chris Evert (horse), racing horse named after her
• James Evert (1924–2015), American tennis coach, father of Chris and Jeanne
• Jason Evert (born 1975), Catholic author and chastity speaker
• Jeanne Evert (1957–2020), American tennis player
• Miltiadis Evert (1939–2011), Greek politician.