Surname · also Catalan

Fornes

“pine”

Fornes is a surname from Catalan, ultimately from Norwegian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Fornes goes back to a word meaning “pine.”

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Where it comes from

Fornes comes from Catalan, and ultimately from Norwegian.

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How it developed

From Catalan Fornés, from Norwegian Fornes.

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Fornes’s family of names

In English usage, Fornes as a surname was borrowed from the Catalan form Fornés.

Walk Fornes’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Fornes, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Norwegian

Fadness

Fadness is a surname from Norwegian.

No U.S. birth series

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Norwegian

Orness

Orness is a surname from Norwegian.

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Italian

Forner

Forner is a surname from Catalan, ultimately from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

No U.S. birth series

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Norwegian

Forseth

Forseth is a surname from Norwegian.

No U.S. birth series

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Catalan

Portes

“door”

No U.S. birth series

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Catalan

Borges

Borges is a surname from Portuguese, ultimately from Catalan. It is used in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

58% boys · 42% girls

Norwegian

Fossen

“waterfall”

No U.S. birth series

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Norwegian

Birknes

Birknes is a surname from Norwegian.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Fornes’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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A sister for Fornes