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Forrest

in Maryland

There are 535 people with the last name "Forrest" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

NameRank
Forrest 998
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  1. is 994th most common Bolden
  2. is 995th most common Linton
  3. is 996th most common Blue
  4. is 997th most common Redmond
  5. is 998th most common Forrest
  6. is 999th most common Handy
  7. is 1,000th most common Broadwater
  8. is 1,001st most common Bethea
  9. is 1,002nd most common Flanagan

Most Common First Names for Forrest

James, John, Mary, Michael, Charles, Robert, Steven, Jennifer, David, Elizabeth

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 Maryland

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James Forrest, MD (9 searches)
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