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Forrest

in New Hampshire

There are 136 people with the last name "Forrest" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

NameRank
Forrest 1,277
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  1. is 1,273rd most common Barnett
  2. is 1,274th most common Bryan
  3. is 1,275th most common Ellsworth
  4. is 1,276th most common Fifield
  5. is 1,277th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,278th most common Garneau
  7. is 1,279th most common Pillsbury
  8. is 1,280th most common Read
  9. is 1,281st most common Roux

Most Common First Names for Forrest

James, Catherine, David, George, Janet, Richard, Wayne, Ann, Cheryl, Dustin

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 New Hampshire

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James Forrest, NH (8 searches)
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