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Forrest

in Alabama

There are 293 people with the last name "Forrest" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Forrest 1,980
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  1. is 1,976th most common Samples
  2. is 1,977th most common Sweatt
  3. is 1,978th most common Buckelew
  4. is 1,979th most common Cloud
  5. is 1,980th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,981st most common Goodloe
  7. is 1,982nd most common Hogeland
  8. is 1,983rd most common Pinkard
  9. is 1,984th most common Rosser

Most Common First Names for Forrest

James, William, Larry, Michael, Sandra, Jerry, Mary, David, Dorothy, Francis

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper or worker in one. Middle English forest was not, as today, a near-synonym of wood, but referred specifically to a large area of woodland reserved by law for the purposes of hunting by the king and his nobles. The same applied to the European cognates, both Germanic and Romance. The English word is from Old French forest, Late Latin forestis (silva). This is generally taken to be a derivative of foris ‘outside’; the reference was probably to woods lying outside a habitation. On the other hand, Middle High German for(e)st has been held to be a derivative of Old High German foraha ‘fir’ (see Forster), with the addition of a collective suffix.

Recent Searches for "Forrest" in Alabama

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James Forrest, AL (8 searches)
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