The forbush Surname
forbush Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: altered form of the Scottish name Forbes, which was traditionally pronounced as two syllables.
- Respelling of German Vorbusch, a topographic name for someone living on the edge of a wood, from vor ‘in front of’ + North German Busch ‘wood’, ‘bush’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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