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Forrest

in Missouri

There are 575 people with the last name "Forrest" in Missouri.

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Ranking in Missouri

NameRank
Forrest 1,099
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  1. is 1,095th most common Mcclellan
  2. is 1,096th most common Wang
  3. is 1,097th most common Burkhart
  4. is 1,098th most common Denton
  5. is 1,099th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,100th most common Gunter
  7. is 1,101st most common Hatcher
  8. is 1,102nd most common Kemper
  9. is 1,103rd most common Holcomb

Most Common First Names for Forrest

William, James, Michael, David, Donald, Robert, Larry, Sarah, Angela, Jessica

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 Missouri

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William Forrest, MO (9 searches)
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