Forest

Where Forest comes from

French surname, from Old French forest (“forest”). Compare Laforest and Deforest. Also an English and Scottish surname, variant of Forrest and related to the above.
— Wiktionary's entry for Forest
Forest through the years
  1. 1872
    Forest Ray Moulton born
    American astronomer and mathematician of the XXth century
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #305 among boys, with 30 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1893
    Peak, #222
    59 babies named Forest, its best rank.
  4. 1961
    Forest Whitaker born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name: Alternative form of Forrest.
Namesakes
  • Forest Whitaker · American actor, born 1961
  • Forest Ray Moulton · American astronomer and mathematician of the XXth century, 1872–1952
  • Forest Able · American basketball player, 1932–2026
  • Forest McNeir · sport shooter, 1875–1957
  • Forest B. H. Brown · American botanist, 1873–1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.