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[ 2 syll. fos-ter, fo-st-er ] The boy name Foster is pronounced FAASTer †. Foster is of Old French origin and it is used mainly in English. Foster is a variant of Forrest (English). Foster is rare as a baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1901, 0.031% of baby boys were named Foster. It was #292 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a marked drop in popularity since then, and is of only very light use today. Out of all boy names in its family, Foster was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008.
† Pronunciation for Foster: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"   |
