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Forrest

in Virginia

There are 989 people with the last name "Forrest" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Forrest 778
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  1. is 774th most common Blount
  2. is 775th most common Stclair
  3. is 776th most common Keene
  4. is 777th most common Pendleton
  5. is 778th most common Forrest
  6. is 779th most common Johns
  7. is 780th most common Walls
  8. is 781st most common Mallory
  9. is 782nd most common Funk

Most Common First Names for Forrest

William, John, David, James, Robert, Charles, Nancy, Richard, Lisa, Mary

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 Virginia

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William Forrest, VA (9 searches)
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