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Forrest

in Mississippi

There are 352 people with the last name "Forrest" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

NameRank
Forrest 1,040
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  1. is 1,036th most common Leblanc
  2. is 1,037th most common Crowe
  3. is 1,038th most common Sanchez
  4. is 1,039th most common Epps
  5. is 1,040th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,041st most common Mccullum
  7. is 1,042nd most common Welborn
  8. is 1,043rd most common Mccall
  9. is 1,044th most common Mcclellan

Most Common First Names for Forrest

Robert, James, Barbara, David, Douglas, John, Johnny, Willie, Andrew, Annie

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 Mississippi

Since May 2009
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Robert Forrest, MS (9 searches)
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