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Forrest

in Florida

There are 1,276 people with the last name "Forrest" in Florida.

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Ranking in Florida

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Forrest 1,449
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  1. is 1,445th most common Haney
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  3. is 1,447th most common Delarosa
  4. is 1,448th most common Stubbs
  5. is 1,449th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,450th most common Lyon
  7. is 1,451st most common Devine
  8. is 1,452nd most common Higginbotham
  9. is 1,453rd most common Elder

Most Common First Names for Forrest

Robert, James, Michael, John, William, Richard, Christopher, Charles, David, Daniel

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 Florida

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Robert Forrest, FL (8 searches)
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