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Forrest

in Texas

There are 1,310 people with the last name "Forrest" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Forrest 1,728
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  1. is 1,724th most common Ly
  2. is 1,725th most common Roland
  3. is 1,726th most common Shoemaker
  4. is 1,727th most common Albert
  5. is 1,728th most common Forrest
  6. is 1,729th most common Dickinson
  7. is 1,730th most common Jolly
  8. is 1,731st most common Woodson
  9. is 1,732nd most common Lim

Most Common First Names for Forrest

James, John, David, Robert, Mary, William, Charles, Jerry, Michael, Richard

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 Texas

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James Forrest, TX (9 searches)
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