Name: Forbes
Gender: Male
Usage: Forbes, of scottish-gaelic origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Forbes are in general originating from Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Forbes is: Wealthy or stubborn, Prosperous.
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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 Forbes is ranked on the 29,805th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 6500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Forbes has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Forbes is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Forbes family, a wealthy extended American family originating in Boston, descended from the Scottish clan
- Francis Blackwell Forbes (1839–1908), American merchant and botanist in China
- James Grant Forbes (1879–1955), American businessman
- William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959), American investment banker and diplomat, Governor-General of the Philippines (1908–13), U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1930–32)
- Robert Pierce Forbes (born 1958), American historian
- Forbes family (publishers)
- B. C. Forbes (1880–1954), founder of Forbes magazine
- Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman of the Forbes Publishing Company as well as a Vice Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta American Priory
- Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990), publisher of Forbes magazine, son of B. C.
- Steve Forbes (born 1947), American businessman, current publisher of Forbes Magazine
- Tim Forbes, brother of Steve, also worked for the company
- Alex Forbes (born 1925), retired Scottish footballer
- Archie Forbes (1913–1999), Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperative Development in Tanganyika (1960–1963)
- Bryan Forbes (1926–2013), English film director, actor and writer
- China Forbes (born 1970), American singer and songwriter, and the lead singer of Pink Martini
- Colin Forbes (novelist), pseudonym of British novelist Raymond Harold Sawkins
- David McHattie Forbes (1863-1937), Scottish botanist and ethnologist in Hawai'i
- Edward Forbes (1815–1854), British naturalist
- Edwin Forbes (1839–1895), American landscape painter, etcher, and war artist during the American Civil War
- Elizabeth Forbes (athlete), New Zealand athlete
- Emma Forbes, an English radio presenter and television presenter
- Esther Forbes (1891–1967), American novelist and children's writer
- Fred Forbes (born 1894), Scottish footballer
- Frederick Augustus Forbes (1818–1878), Australian politician
- Gary Forbes (born 1985), Panamanian/American basketball player
- George Forbes (scientist) (1849–1936), scientist
- George Forbes (businessman) (born 1945), businessman
- George Forbes (New Zealand politician) (1869–1947), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935
- Gregory S. Forbes (born 1950), American meteorologist
- Henry Ogg Forbes (1851–1932), British ornithologist, botanist and museum director
- James David Forbes (1809-1868) Scottish physicist and glaciologist
- James Staats Forbes (1823-1904) Scottish railway engineer, administrator, businessman and art collector
- John Forbes (British Army officer) (1707–1759), British general in the French and Indian War
- Michelle Forbes (born 1965), American actress
- Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes (1918–2013), Scottish soldier, businessman and politician
- Randy Forbes (born 1952), American politician in U.S. House of Representatives
- Ross Forbes (born 1989), Scottish footballer who plays for Motherwell
- Terrell Forbes, British footballer
- William Alexander Forbes (1855–1883), British zoologist
- William Henry Forbes, American territorial legislator
- W. J. Forbes, American college sports coach
Given name:
- Forbes Burnham (1923–1985), leader of Guyana from 1964 until his death in 1985
Fictional characters:
- Forbes McAllister, a fictional character from Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge
Scottish: transferred use of the surname, which originated as a local name from the lands of Forbes in Aberdeenshire. These are so called from the Gaelic element forba field, district + the locative suffix -ais. In Scotland this name was traditionally pronounced in two syllables, but a monosyllabic pronunciation is now the norm.
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