Given name & surname
DeForrest
“one who lives near the forest”
DeForrest is a variant of Deforest. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
DeForrest is a variant of Deforest. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the forest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
DeForrest is a variant of Deforest. An origin associated with Deforest is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
DeForrest through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 90
- 90 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 477 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
DeForrest’s family of names
DeForrest has a related form in Deforest.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Murrell
“of the shining sea”
85% boys · 15% girls
Boswell
“from the spring near the forest”
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“from the hare's forest”
>99% boys