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Definitions for Forrest
ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr-for·rest

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Wiktionary

  1. Forrestnoun

    for someone who lived or worked in a Royal forest (area of woodland reserved for hunting)

  2. Forrestnoun

    transferred from the surname.

Wikidata

  1. Forrest

    Forrest is a village in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,225 at the 2000 census.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FORREST

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Forrest is ranked #1569 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Forrest surname appeared 22,954 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 8 would have the surname Forrest.

    73.3% or 16,846 total occurrences were White.
    20.3% or 4,669 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 565 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.4% or 560 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 168 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.6% or 147 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Forrest in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Forrest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Forrest in a Sentence

  1. Randy McNally:

    No one is arguing that Nathan Bedford Forrest is not a problematic figure. Nathan Bedford Forrest is. But there is more to Nathan Bedford Forrest story.

  2. Tom Hanks:

    I will tell you, in' Forrest Gump,' all the stuff that we shot on the park bench in Savannah, Georgia... we were just shooting fodder for a possible narrative piece of it.

  3. Randy McNally:

    It is much more productive to learn from Randy McNally past and not repeat the imperfections of the past. Any attempt to erase the past only aligns society with the teaching of communism, which believes the present dominates the past. no one is arguing that Nathan Bedford Forrest is not a problematic figure. Nathan Bedford Forrest is. But there is more to Nathan Bedford Forrest story.

  4. The Republican governor:

    Forrest would not be my choice of one of the Tennesseans that we honor.

  5. Forrest Dunbar:

    For Forrest Dunbar and most Jews, seeing the yellow Star of David on someone's chest elicits the same feeling as seeing a swastika on a flag or the SS insignia on a uniform, it is a symbol of hate that reminds us Jews of the terror and horror we suffered. I believe it is a constitutional right to protest for your values. But I request that you do not use symbols that diminish the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust and the survivors who would like their children not to know the nightmare they endured.

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