So ever since we found out we were expecting our second child, the name we had picked out for a boy was [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. We have an older son named [name_m]Leeland[/name_m]. I’ve received good feedback before about the two names being a nice pairing, which is encouraging. But we just found out it is for sure going to be a boy, I’m 20 weeks now. All of the sudden I feel like I’m getting cold feet on the name. I saw a distance high school acquaintance recently and her sister named her baby [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. And I’m from a town of hillbillies. No offense to anyone I hope. But I moved far away from that place to upstate [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]York[/name_m], I am now all of the sudden afraid [name_u]Everett[/name_u] sounds hillbilly of unrefined. Opinions? Someone please talk me off the ledge lol
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] sounds American to me. Not at all hillbilly or unrefined, just American. Which is surely accurate, right?
It could be that I am missing some nuances in American culture, but I think it’s a fine name! [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t throw it out just yet - you picked it for a reason, you’re most likely getting worked up over nothing and it’s something that will pass. Maybe if you feel unsure pick one or two alternatives and wait until you see him. When you meet him he might just look like the perfect [name_u]Everett[/name_u].
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] is used here in [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u] by the same upper-middle-class, hyper-educated, high-achieving parents who also use [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m], [name_f]Cecily[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]… I work in both private and public schools and to me it sounds like a private school kid name that would connote a very refined background. I’d say if anything it’s likely to help your son in life, since people do judge by cues like that to some extent.
Apart from all that, it’s really cool. 
It doesn’t sound hillbilly to me at all. I would say preppy and jockish.
I would never consider [name_u]Everett[/name_u] a hillbilly name. When I was growing up names like [name_m]Jim[/name_m]-[name_m]Bob[/name_m], [name_u]Billy[/name_u]-[name_m]Bob[/name_m] and [name_f]Sue[/name_f]-[name_f]Ellen[/name_f] were thought of as hillbilly names. [name_u]Everett[/name_u] would have fit right in with the upper middle class. [name_u]Everett[/name_u] is in my top 5. [name_u]Everett[/name_u] is very handsome, ages well, and is sophisticated.
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] is a fine, masculine choice. I am from a small University-town in the northeast. Several of my former high-school classmates and acquaintances have used [name_u]Everett[/name_u] for their sons. It doesn’t strike me at all as uneducated or blue collar. I find it quite dignified. I hope this helps.