Forrest \f(o)-rre-st\ as a boy's name is a variant of Forest (Old French), and the meaning of Forrest is "woodsman; woods".

The baby name Forrest sounds like Forrester, Forester and Frost. Other similar baby names are DeForest, Everest, Farris, Ferris, Ferrant, Farrant, Ferriss, Forde, Horst and Aoresty.