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12/7/2022, 9:35 PM Mike C everest added (from user-submitted name 261850)
5/2/2017, 3:08 PM Sofia

Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. EEV-rist

Meaning & History

Originally denoted a person from Évreux in Normandy, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices. Mount Everest in the Himalayas was named for the British surveyor George Everest (1790-1866).