Everleigh

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Everley, Everly

Etymology

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Compare the Dutch toponym Everlo.

Proper noun

Everleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Everleighs)

1. A village and civil parish of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU204538).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Everleigh is the 413125^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 36 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Everleigh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 540.