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What does Forrest mean?
Forrest ▼ as a boys' name is an Old French name, and Forrest means "forest". Forrest is a variant form of Forest (Old French): transferred use of the surname.
ENDS WITH -est
ASSOCIATED WITH forest (tree)
Variations
OTHER FORMS VIA FOREST Forester, Forrester
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Forrest Finnian (F.F.), ..
How popular is Forrest?
Forrest is a very prominent first name for men (#401 out of 1220, Top 33%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#1474 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Forrest reached its top rank of #183 in the U.S. during 1910-1919, and is presently at #571. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Forest (#973 IN 2018) is the only other popular related form of Forrest (#571). These relations of Forrest were favored as baby names during the years 1900-1909 (AVERAGE #235) and are now much less popular, with forms such as Forrest becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Earnest▼, Ernest▼, Everest, Fares, Farrant, Farrel, Farrell, Farren, Farrer, Farris, Farrish, Ferrant, Ferrel, Ferrell, Ferrer, Ferris, Ferriss, Florent, Forbes, Forde, Forden, Forteny (see Fortney), Frost and Horst. These names tend to be less frequently used than Forrest.
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