DeForest - Meaning of DeForest

What does DeForest mean?

[ 3 syll. de-fo-res(t), def-ore-st ] The baby boy name DeForest is pronounced as Deh-FAOR-ehST †. DeForest is used mostly in English and its language of origin is Old French. DeForest's meaning is from the forest.

The names DeForrest and Deforest are derivatives of DeForest.

Another form of the name is the English spelling variant Deforrest.

See also the related categories, forest (wood), english, and french.

DeForest is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like DeForest include Deforest, DeForrest, Deforrest, and Dobrogost.

† Pronunciation for DeForest: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

A famous person named DeForest is DeForest Kelley, Actor, born 20 January 1920 - 11 June 1999, Atlanta, Georgia.



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