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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French (Forêt) : from Old French forest ‘forest’, a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or an occupational name for a keeper or worker in one. See also Forrest. This surname is frequent in LA.

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