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Forrest

in Rhode Island

There are 88 people with the last name "Forrest" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Forrest 1,581
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  1. is 1,577th most common Corsi
  2. is 1,578th most common Dequattro
  3. is 1,579th most common Dipietro
  4. is 1,580th most common Drolet
  5. is 1,581st most common Forrest
  6. is 1,582nd most common Garceau
  7. is 1,583rd most common Giblin
  8. is 1,584th most common Giorgi
  9. is 1,585th most common Gorton

Most Common First Names for Forrest

Robert, Brian, Carol, John, Raymond, Catherine, Doreen, Edith, Faith, Fred

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 Rhode Island

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Robert Forrest, RI (6 searches)
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