How to say it
EV · er · leigh
/ˈɛv.ɚ.li/
Feminine
Everleigh
Ever-meadow
What it means
Variant spelling of Everly, an English place name from Old English eofor ('wild boar') + leah ('clearing, meadow'). The -leigh spelling tilts modern-American-feminine. Everleigh Soutas the YouTube child star anchored the late-2010s naming surge.
Everleigh is a modern American spelling variant of Everly, an English place name from the Old English eofor ('wild boar') + lēah ('clearing, meadow'), giving 'wild-boar clearing.' Originally a surname; the -leigh spelling reads as modern American feminine. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's daughter Rumi and Channing Tatum's daughter Everly raised celebrity-baby awareness for the underlying Everly. Everleigh Soutas (born 2012, daughter of YouTube influencer Savannah LaBrant) is the millennial-parent anchor through her viral dance videos. As a US first name Everleigh is post-2014, climbing fast. It entered the US top 500 in 2017. Common short: Ever or Eve.
Popularity over time
peaked at #94 in 2020, currently #194 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Spelling
Everly (Y), Everleigh (-LEIGH), and Everlee (-LEE) are all the same name; Everleigh is the most stylized modern American spelling.
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Everleigh Soutas American YouTube child star, born 2012
Spelling variants
- Everly
- Everlee
- Everleah
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