# Dumb Question about Everett **URL:** \ **Category:** Boy Names\ **Created:** [September 25, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191 "2012-09-25T10:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stlmama225](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/stlmama225/32/2596_2.png) [@stlmama225](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/stlmama225)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191/1 "2012-09-25T10:27:36Z")
Is it 2 syllables or 3? Ev-rett OR Ev-er-ett? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine.10](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/sunshine.10/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@Sunshine.10](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/Sunshine.10)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191/2 "2012-09-25T10:34:09Z")
I think this is a really good question! I also think it varies by person, so it will be interesting to see what everyone says. I tend to condense it to Ev-rett. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d3e4s07haqhh9y.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/b/bb0f52bb29e5c9ad6002ee7f1a92d42d308ffe28.png) [@system](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191/3 "2012-09-25T10:35:04Z")
I say it as Ev-er-ett ---
**Author:** ![clover](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/clover/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@clover](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/clover)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191/4 "2012-09-25T10:50:00Z")
Personal choice. If you choose a name like this, just know that you’ll get a mix of pronunciations, regardless of how you personally prefer it to be pronounced. As for me, if I were reading it out loud my first instinct would be to pronounce all 3 syllables. ---
**Author:** ![stlmama225](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/stlmama225/32/2596_2.png) [@stlmama225](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/stlmama225)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191/5 "2012-09-25T11:07:51Z")
[name]Clover[/name], that’s a really good point about getting a mix of pronunciations from people. I would like to avoid that phenomenon for my son, because it happens to me constantly and I know it’s annoying (my FN is [name]Halley[/name], pronounced like [name]Halle[/name] [name]Berry[/name], but I am forever being called [name]Haley[/name] and [name]Holly[/name]). When I read [name]Everett[/name], I do think 3 syllables. However, I think it doesn’t really roll off the tongue very well as 3 syllables, so in speaking it, I prefer to say it the 2-syllable way – it just seems cleaner to me. This issue might allow [name]Emmett[/name] to win out over [name]Everett[/name]…I do love them both. ---
**Author:** ![a11](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/a11/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@a11](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/a11)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191/6 "2012-09-25T11:23:02Z")
I was thinking the same thing as clover. That even if you have a preference, the difference is so slight that I don’t think others would pay much attention and they’d say it how they wanted. I also agree that in my head when I read it, it’s three syllables but I tend to say it in two. Especially in a hurry. I don’t think the difference is nearly as great as with your name [name]Halley[/name] though, if it were my son, I don’t think I’d mind hearing either pronunciation, I quite like both. But I also love [name]Emmett[/name] and like you said, no question there how it should be pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![ashthedreamer](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/ashthedreamer/32/166395_2.png) [@ashthedreamer](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/ashthedreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191/7 "2012-09-25T13:23:43Z")
lol, that’s not a dumb question at all! I was actually just thinking about that. I say it EV-rett, but there’s a bit of an “ah” in the middle, like 2 and a half syllables? I don’t like Ev-er-ett, though, because it always sounds like I’m saying “over it”, like I’m so over it, and I’m not, because I adore [name]Everett[/name]. haha. ---
**Author:** ![stlmama225](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/stlmama225/32/2596_2.png) [@stlmama225](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/stlmama225)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/dumb-question-about-everett/182191/8 "2012-09-25T19:51:22Z")
I’m glad you guys don’t think it was a dumb question 🙂 Thanks for the input berries!