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Forrest

in Iowa

There are 95 people with the last name "Forrest" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

NameRank
Forrest 4,020
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  1. is 4,016th most common Crew
  2. is 4,017th most common Desotel
  3. is 4,018th most common Devos
  4. is 4,019th most common Eich
  5. is 4,020th most common Forrest
  6. is 4,021st most common Goodall
  7. is 4,022nd most common Grout
  8. is 4,023rd most common Gruis
  9. is 4,024th most common Heald

Most Common First Names for Forrest

John, Jeffrey, Amber, Carol, David, James, Jim, Joseph, Larry, Lee

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 Iowa

Since February 2009
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John Forrest, IA (8 searches)
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