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Forrest

in Minnesota

There are 210 people with the last name "Forrest" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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Forrest 2,565
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  1. is 2,561st most common Eckstein
  2. is 2,562nd most common Eggen
  3. is 2,563rd most common Eidem
  4. is 2,564th most common Engelstad
  5. is 2,565th most common Forrest
  6. is 2,566th most common Grady
  7. is 2,567th most common Helmbrecht
  8. is 2,568th most common Justin
  9. is 2,569th most common Kearney

Most Common First Names for Forrest

John, Thomas, Sara, William, James, Jennifer, Melissa, Ralph, Richard, Robert

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 Minnesota

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John Forrest, MN (8 searches)
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