Well, people have used them, so they work in that way.
I could get used to it if I met someone named it, but right now,
Ever doesn't sound pleasant to me as a name.
Everest,
Even, Eternity,
Ivor,
River,
Everly sound better to me, and I don't even like those. It sounds incomplete, like
Avery would without a Y or like "ever...?" I guess it could be a trendy NN because of
Everly and
Everest, but Ev seems more likely.
I hear Evermore as an inverse of nevermore, plus it reminds me vaguely of surnames like Fillmore. I don't think I've seen/heard the word used (it seems antiquated like "verily") except in "The
Raven" which I think most Americans would study in middle school, so it seems goth in a preppy way that I don't care for. If I wanted a name that reminded me of that, I'd just go with
Lenore or possibly
Raven. I know it's a
Taylor Swift album also, but it reminds me of Poe and sounds purposely antiquated in that context too.
My favorite
Ever* name is Evergreen, mostly as a MN but not with
Holly. My 2nd favorite would be
Everett but as masculine.
I like
Holly Evermore more than
Lily Evermore.
This message was edited 9/25/2023, 3:25 AM