See the results of this poll: Pronunciaton of Everett?
Respondents: 54 (This poll is closed)
- 2 syllables : 23 (43%)
- 3 syllables: 31 (57%)
It’s not quite one or the other. So 2.5? But I think technically 3.
I agree, I think it’s technically 3, but most will run the first 2 together making it sound more like 2. Ev-uh-rhett becoming Evh-rhett
I say it with two syllables, and so do the Everetts I know. I’m in the South, if that matters.
I say it with two syllables, as well. MAYBE almost two and a half, but it’s not even that pronounced. I wouldn’t have a cow if people said ev-er-ett, but that just seems like too much effort, like my mouth is trying to add an extra syllable to it. I feel the same way with [name_m]Charles[/name_m] being pronounced CHAH-ruhls. It’s [name_m]Charles[/name_m]. [name_f]One[/name_f] syllable. Maybe one and a half. And [name_m]Graham[/name_m]. No matter how much I love everything British, I can’t get my tongue to say [name_u]GRAY[/name_u]-um. It’s [name_m]Gram[/name_m]. 
It’s a family name for me and I’ve always known it to be three syllables.
I think it’s a great name. And Rett is a cute nickname. I personally would spell it with the H regardless of the fact that there’s no H in [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. I definitely prefer the look of [name_m]Rhett[/name_m] to Rett
I say it with two syllables. I’ve never heard it pronounced with three. It takes too much work!
I pronounce it Ev-er-ett
I say it with 2 syllables, but really I think it is supposed to be 3.
3 syllables to me.
Definitely 3 for me. Not struggling to get there, either, it doesn’t sound forced (I have to be careful to get 3 out of [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], and I can never get 3 out of [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]). Though in my accent maybe it sounds a bit like [name_u]Ever[/name_u]-it.
[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t like it with 2. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t like [name_u]Cameron[/name_u] with 2 either, though I keep hearing [name_m]Kam[/name_m]-rin.
I second. I have heard some people introduce themselves with an almost inaudible pause between the Ehv and rett though. [name_m]Even[/name_m] then, it’s not really a sound.
I say it with three: EHV-er-it is the best I can explain it.
[name_u]Everett[/name_u] is my sons middle name I voted two because I think how we pronounce it it sounds a bit more like two.
I know a man with the name [name_u]Everett[/name_u] and he pronounces it like ev-ret, so that’s how I’ve always pronounced it.
It is technically three syllables, but most people say it with two.
Right.
It’s possible to run the syllables together in almost any name.
I know an [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] who when she says her name it sounds like 2 syllables ([name_f]Liz[/name_f]-beth), but that doesn’t mean the name actually has two syllables.
I don’t think I’ve met anyone who pronounced it as a first name with 3 distinct syllables, it’s usually 2.5
I knew a guy named [name_u]Everett[/name_u] and he everyone else always said Ev-rhett. Our high school English teacher who was British always said it that way too.