Meaning and Origin
What does the name Ever mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from California, U.S. says the name Ever means "Wild as a boar and something that never ends".
- A submission from New York, U.S. says the name Ever means "Something that never ends".
- According to a user from the United Kingdom, the name Ever means "Wild as a Boar".
- A submission from Australia says the name Ever means "Always".
- At any time; at any period or point of time."No man ever yet hated his own flesh." [Eph. v. 29.]
- At all times; through all time; always; forever."He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty." [Dryder.]
- Without cessation; continually."To produce as much as ever they can." [M. Arnold.]
Note: ☞ Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. “His the old man e'er a son?”
Note: ☞ Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever memorable ever watchful ever burning.
Etymology: OE. ever æfre, AS. æfre; perh. akin to AS. ā always. Cf. Aye Age,Evry Never
- At all times; all the time and on every occasion ("ever hoping to strike it rich" and "ever busy")
- At any time ("did you ever smoke?")
- (intensifier for adjectives) very ("she was ever so friendly")
From Middle English evere, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”).
ever was also found in the following language(s): Dutch and German