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Forrest

in Tennessee

There are 545 people with the last name "Forrest" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

NameRank
Forrest 1,418
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  1. is 1,414th most common Saylor
  2. is 1,415th most common Sparkman
  3. is 1,416th most common Madden
  4. is 1,417th most common Fischer
  5. is 1,418th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,419th most common Jewell
  7. is 1,420th most common Moseley
  8. is 1,421st most common Hickerson
  9. is 1,422nd most common Kilpatrick

Most Common First Names for Forrest

James, Charles, David, Mary, Ronald, Thomas, Barbara, Gregory, Patsy, Robert

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 Tennessee

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James Forrest, TN (9 searches)
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