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Forrest

in South Carolina

There are 456 people with the last name "Forrest" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Forrest 1,203
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  1. is 1,199th most common Carey
  2. is 1,200th most common Gutierrez
  3. is 1,201st most common Brockington
  4. is 1,202nd most common Browder
  5. is 1,203rd most common Forrest
  6. is 1,204th most common Lance
  7. is 1,205th most common Guthrie
  8. is 1,206th most common Hatfield
  9. is 1,207th most common Hutson

Most Common First Names for Forrest

James, Mary, William, Thomas, John, George, Stephen, Charles, Charlie, David

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 South Carolina

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James Forrest, SC (9 searches)
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