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Forrest

in Massachusetts

There are 451 people with the last name "Forrest" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Forrest 1,692
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  1. is 1,688th most common Whitehead
  2. is 1,689th most common Bray
  3. is 1,690th most common Clapp
  4. is 1,691st most common Floyd
  5. is 1,692nd most common Forrest
  6. is 1,693rd most common Spillane
  7. is 1,694th most common Caputo
  8. is 1,695th most common Lacasse
  9. is 1,696th most common Singleton

Most Common First Names for Forrest

Michael, John, James, Richard, David, Robert, Janice, Steven, Eleanor, Kathleen

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 Massachusetts

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Michael Forrest, MA (8 searches)
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