"DeForest" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Rare French surname, from de (“from”) + forest. Compare Deforrest, Defrees, Defreest. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} DeForest (plural DeForests) Forms: DeForests [plural], Deforest [alternative], deForest [alternative], De Forest [alternative], de Forest [alternative], Forest [alternative], Deforet [alternative], deForet [alternative], DeForet [alternative], De Foret [alternative], de Foret [alternative], Foret [alternative]
  1. A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.
    Sense id: en-DeForest-en-name-4-ofxNA0 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, equivalent to English Forest.
    Sense id: en-DeForest-en-name-q79kdlX2 Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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