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Forrest

in Georgia

There are 584 people with the last name "Forrest" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

NameRank
Forrest 1,725
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  1. is 1,721st most common Broughton
  2. is 1,722nd most common Gilstrap
  3. is 1,723rd most common Muse
  4. is 1,724th most common Sisson
  5. is 1,725th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,726th most common Nunnally
  7. is 1,727th most common Gossett
  8. is 1,728th most common Stiles
  9. is 1,729th most common Elam

Most Common First Names for Forrest

James, Robert, William, Charles, John, Michael, Cynthia, Mary, Steven, Sharon

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 Georgia

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James Forrest, GA (9 searches)
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