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Forrest

in Maine

There are 121 people with the last name "Forrest" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

NameRank
Forrest 1,662
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  1. is 1,658th most common Cleary
  2. is 1,659th most common Cullen
  3. is 1,660th most common Durrell
  4. is 1,661st most common Farwell
  5. is 1,662nd most common Forrest
  6. is 1,663rd most common Hennessey
  7. is 1,664th most common Judd
  8. is 1,665th most common Mcphail
  9. is 1,666th most common Rumery

Most Common First Names for Forrest

John, William, George, Eric, Gerald, Kevin, Laurie, Michael, Richard, Charlene

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 Maine

Since April 2009
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John Forrest, ME (6 searches)
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