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Forester

What does Forester mean?

Forester Pronunciation of Forester as a name for boys is an Old French name, and the name Forester means "forest". Forester is a variant form of Forest (Old French): transferred use of the surname.

ENDS WITH -ster

ASSOCIATED WITH forest (tree)

Variations

VARIANT Forster

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA FOREST Forrest, Forrester, Foster

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Forester Marcel (F.M.), ..

How popular is Forester?

Forester is an uncommonly occurring given name for males but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#6608 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Forrest (#571 IN 2018), Forest (#973) and Foster (#1073) are the prominent alternative forms of Forester (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) rated in the Top 2000. These forms of Forester were at the height of their popularity during 1890-1899 (USAGE OF 0.13%) and are now much less widespread (USAGE 0.05%, DOWN 63.9%), with versions like Forest falling out of fashion. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Forest, Forrest, Foster in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Forester and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Alaister, Alaster, Alester, Alister, Allaster, Allyster, Alyster, Aoresty (see Orestes), Braser, Brewer, Brewster, Carter, Caster, Chester, Christer, Coster, Dempster, Dexter, Dieter, Farmer, Farrer, Farrier, Fayette, Felten, Ferrer, Ferrier, Feste, Fester, Festus, Fielder, Florentin, Florentz (see Florent), Folker, Fonsie, Forde, Forden, Forteney (see Fortney), Fortney, Fortny (see Fortney), Fowler, Fraser, Frasier, Frazer, Frazier, Fredek (see Frederick), Free, Freed, Freen, Freyne, Frost, Fursey, Greer, Greger, Guenter, Jesper, Kester, Krister, Lankester (see Lancaster), Leicester, Lester, Lorimer, Minster, Mortimer, Nester, Oreste, Orestes, Peter, Porter, Potter, Rochester, Rossiter, Torsten, Trever, Vester and Wister. These names tend to be more frequently used than Forester.

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