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Forrest

in Connecticut

There are 237 people with the last name "Forrest" in Connecticut.

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Ranking in Connecticut

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Forrest 1,564
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  1. is 1,560th most common Wargo
  2. is 1,561st most common Aiello
  3. is 1,562nd most common Baran
  4. is 1,563rd most common Finch
  5. is 1,564th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,565th most common Lamontagne
  7. is 1,566th most common Mazur
  8. is 1,567th most common Milardo
  9. is 1,568th most common Pabon

Most Common First Names for Forrest

John, Michael, David, Elizabeth, William, Sean, Eric, Daniel, Deborah, Donald

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 Connecticut

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John Forrest, CT (8 searches)
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