French and Dutch: habitational name, with the preposition de
‘from’, for someone from a place named Forest, for example in Nord and
Somme. The place name is derived from Old French forest
‘forest’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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