Forrest - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Forrest \f(o)-rre-st\ is a variant of Forest (Old French), and the meaning of Forrest is "woodsman; woods".

The baby name Forrest sounds like Forrester, Forester and Frost. Other similar baby names are DeForest, Everest, Farris, Ferris, Ferrant, Farrant, Ferriss, Forde, Horst and Aoresty.

Forrest is a very common first name for men (#401 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1184 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy name Forrest. Compare Forrest with its source form and related boy names.

[Top]