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Forrest

in Michigan

There are 656 people with the last name "Forrest" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Forrest 1,392
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  1. is 1,388th most common Squires
  2. is 1,389th most common Wendt
  3. is 1,390th most common Jablonski
  4. is 1,391st most common Fisk
  5. is 1,392nd most common Forrest
  6. is 1,393rd most common Hobson
  7. is 1,394th most common Merchant
  8. is 1,395th most common Kwiatkowski
  9. is 1,396th most common Maier

Most Common First Names for Forrest

James, David, Mary, Richard, Robert, Michael, Charles, Donald, John, Linda

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 Michigan

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James Forrest, MI (9 searches)
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