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Forrest

in Washington

There are 412 people with the last name "Forrest" in Washington.

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Ranking in Washington

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Forrest 1,472
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  1. is 1,468th most common Yeager
  2. is 1,469th most common Cabrera
  3. is 1,470th most common Call
  4. is 1,471st most common Churchill
  5. is 1,472nd most common Forrest
  6. is 1,473rd most common Rockwell
  7. is 1,474th most common Rider
  8. is 1,475th most common Buckner
  9. is 1,476th most common Ferris

Most Common First Names for Forrest

David, James, John, Richard, Karen, Gary, Eleanor, Jennifer, Michael, William

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 Washington

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David Forrest, WA (8 searches)
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