Name: Forest
Gender: Male
Usage: Forest is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Forest are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Forest across the world, see Forrest.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Forest is: Forest, Woods.
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Numerology of the first name Forest: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Forest is ranked on the 6,100th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 47600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Forest has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Forest for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Forest is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Frank Forest (1896–1976), American opera singer
- Jean-Claude Forest (1930–1998), French comic book author and creator of Barbarella
- Jessé de Forest (1576–1624), leader of a group of Walloon Huguenots fleeing religious persecution
- Jim Forest (born 1941), writer, lay theologian, educator, peace activist
- John Forest (1471–1538), English Roman Catholic martyr and friar
- John William De Forest (1826–1906), American soldier and writer
- Lee De Forest (1873–1961), American inventor with over 180 patents to his credit
- Philippe Forest (born 1962), French author and professor of literature
- Roy De Forest (1930–2007), American painter
Given name:
- Forest Dewey Dodrill (1902–1997), doctor who performed the first successful open heart surgery
- Forest Ray Moulton (1872–1952), American astronomer
- Forest Sale (1911–1985), American basketball player
- Forest Whitaker (born 1961), American actor, producer and director
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