From Japanese 林 hayashi meaning forest.

Surname meaning of the forest. Surnames derived from the occupation of an ancestor are also common with Smith being the most common surname in the UK. Transferred use of the English surname which arose in the 13th century in the form of de Foresta of the forest. Meaning of the name Forest.

Lín is the Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written 林. Standard occupations and titular occupations such as Stewart derived from an ancient clan title in Scotland. From an English surname meaning forest originally belonging to a person who lived near a forest.

In some cases it may have been used as. Ornamental name derived from German Wald meaning forest and Vogel meaning bird. This name was borne by the title character in the movie Forrest Gump 1994 about a loveable simpleton.

Low German middle. In America it has sometimes been used in honour of the Confederate Civil War general Nathan Bedford Forrest 1821-1877. From the name of any of several villages in England derived from Old English wealh foreigner Celt weald forest weall wall or well well spring water.

Forest is a variant of the English surname meaning forest It was historically used in reference to someone who lived near a forest hence the meaning of the forest It may also be used in direct relation to the English word forest. It is also used in Korea Vietnam Singapore Indonesia Malaysia Cambodia and the Philippines among the Chinese Filipino community. Sylvies woodsy origins are less obvious.

A famous bearer was the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864 author of The Scarlet Letter. Early Origins of the Forrest family. Sylvie is the French form of Silvia the feminine form of Silvius derived from the Latin silva meaning wood forest Rhea Silva was the mother of Romulus and Remus one of the us-enders the founders of Rome.