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Forrest

in Ohio

There are 646 people with the last name "Forrest" in Ohio.

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Ranking in Ohio

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Forrest 1,774
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  1. is 1,770th most common Russ
  2. is 1,771st most common South
  3. is 1,772nd most common Starks
  4. is 1,773rd most common Earley
  5. is 1,774th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,775th most common Denny
  7. is 1,776th most common Gallo
  8. is 1,777th most common Lorenz
  9. is 1,778th most common Chamberlin

Most Common First Names for Forrest

Robert, David, Richard, James, Brian, Charles, Ronald, William, Andrew, Donna

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 Ohio

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Robert Forrest, OH (9 searches)
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