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Forrest

in Oregon

There are 295 people with the last name "Forrest" in Oregon.

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Ranking in Oregon

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Forrest 1,239
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  1. is 1,235th most common Holbrook
  2. is 1,236th most common Maynard
  3. is 1,237th most common Sheppard
  4. is 1,238th most common Albert
  5. is 1,239th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,240th most common Novak
  7. is 1,241st most common Smart
  8. is 1,242nd most common Zamora
  9. is 1,243rd most common Carney

Most Common First Names for Forrest

David, Robert, Gary, Mark, William, Nancy, Richard, Jack, Michael

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 Oregon

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David Forrest, OR (6 searches)
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