The Forest Family Name

The last name Forest is another written form of Forrest, a well-known Scottish family name. At root, the name means “Forest dweller or keeper”.

A variant of Forrest

Forest drops the “r” of Forrest, a shortening that clerks often made.

The 2010 census count for Forest in the United States was 5,076, good for rank 6,661. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames. In Spain, the INE population register lists 79 people with Forest as their first surname and 71 as their second.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Forrest surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Want more than a summary? See the Forest family name pack.