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Ev (given Name)
Ev is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Everett or Evan. It may refer to: * Ev Faunce Everett George Faunce (June 12, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American football player and coach. Faunce played college football at Iowa State University in 1945 before transferring to the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesot ... (1926–2009), American football player and college head coach * Ev Miller (born 1952), New Zealand former cricketer * Ev Rogers (1931–2004), American communication theorist and sociologist * Ev Rowan (1902–1956), American football player * Ev Sharp (1918–1996), American football player * Evan "Ev" Williams (born 1972), founder of Twitter {{given name Hypocorisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan
Evan is both an English and Welsh male given name derived from "Iefan", a Welsh form for the name John. In other languages it could be compared to "Ivan", "Ian", and "Juan"; the name John itself is derived from the ancient Hebrew name Yəhôḥānān, which means "Yahweh is gracious". Evan is also the shortened version of the Greek names " Evangelos" (meaning "good messenger") and "Evander" (meaning "good man"). The name is also sparingly given to women, as with actress Evan Rachel Wood. It may be encountered as a surname, of which Evans is the most common version. Other languages also assign meaning to Evan as a word or name. It is related to the Gaelic word "Eóghan" meaning "youth" or "young warrior", and means "right-handed" in Scots. he, אֶבֶן, even literally means "rock". The old English translation of the name "Evan" could also be interpreted as "Heir of the Earth" or "The King". Popularity The popularity of the name Evan for males in the United States had risen ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ev Faunce
Everett George Faunce (June 12, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American football player and coach. Faunce played college football at Iowa State University in 1945 before transferring to the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ... for the remaining three years of his collegiate career. After a brief stint playing for the Baltimore Colts (1947–50), Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), he served as the head football coach at Minot State University in 1950 at Utah State University from 1955 to 1958. Head coaching record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Faunce, Ev 1926 births 2009 deaths American football halfbacks Baltimore Colts (1947–1950) players Iowa State Cyclones football players Minnesota Golden Gopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ev Miller
Evelyn Lucella Miller (; born 3 January 1952) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in three Test matches for New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... in 1979. She played domestic cricket for North Shore. References External links * * 1952 births Living people Cricketers from Auckland New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand women Test cricketers North Shore women cricketers {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everett Rogers
Everett M. "Ev" Rogers (March 6, 1931 – October 21, 2004) was an American communication theorist and sociologist, who originated the ''diffusion of innovations'' theory and introduced the term ''early adopter''. He was distinguished professor emeritus in the department of communication and journalism at the University of New Mexico. Education and career Rogers was born on his family's Pinehurst Farm in Carroll, Iowa, in 1931. His father loved electromechanical farm innovations, but was highly reluctant to utilize biological–chemical innovations, so he resisted adopting the new hybrid seed corn, even though it yielded 25% more crop and was resistant to drought. During the Iowa drought of 1936, while the hybrid seed corn stood tall on the neighbor's farm, the crop on the Rogers' farm wilted. Rogers' father was finally convinced. Rogers had no plans to attend university until a school teacher drove him and some classmates to Ames to visit Iowa State University. Rogers decided to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ev Rowan
Everett Lawrence Rowan (October 18, 1902 – November 9, 1956) was an American football end who played three seasons in the National Football League with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Ohio State University and attended Chillicothe High School in Chillicothe, Ohio. Professional career Brooklyn Dodgers Rowan played in two games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930 and appeared in eleven games, starting nine, for the team during the 1932 season. Philadelphia Eagles Rowan played in two games, starting one, for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1933. Personal life Rowan died of a heart attack at his home in La Mesa, California La Mesa () is a city in San Diego County, located east of Downtown San Diego in Southern California. The population was 61,121 at the 2020 census, up from 57,065 at the 2010 census. Its civic motto is "the Jewel of the Hills." History La Me ... on November 9, 1956. References External linksJust Sports Stats {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everett Sharp
Everett A. Sharp (June 25, 1918 – February 1996) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He attended California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the '' name'' section of this article for more info .... 1918 births 1996 deaths People from Corinth, Mississippi American football offensive tackles California State Polytechnic University, Pomona alumni Washington Redskins players {{offensive-lineman-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Williams (Internet Entrepreneur)
Evan "Ev" Clark Williams (born March 31, 1972) is an American billionaire technology entrepreneur and executive. He is a co-founder of Twitter, and served as CEO of Twitter, Inc. from 2008 to 2010 and as a member of its board from 2007 to 2019. He founded Blogger and Medium, two of the largest blogging internet platforms. In 2014, he co-founded the venture capital firm Obvious Ventures. , his net worth is estimated at US$2.1 billion. Early life and education Williams was born in Clarks, Nebraska, as the third child of Laurie Howe and Monte Williams. He grew up on a farm in Clarks, where he assisted with crop irrigation during the summers. He attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for a year and a half, where he joined FarmHouse fraternity, then left the school to pursue his career. Career Early career After leaving college, Williams worked at various technology jobs and start-up firms in Key West, Florida, and in Dallas and Austin, Texas, before returning to his famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
