How to Spell the Name Forest?

Forrest is a surname of English and Scottish origins. This name derives from the Old French "forest" (Latin "foresta", a derivative of "foris" meaning "outside"). The word was introduced by the Normans, and referred to a Royal Forest. Variants include Forest, De Forest, De Forrest, DeForest and DeForrest.

Is it spelled forest or Forrest?

And as everyone on Twitter noticed immediately, he spelled "forest" wrong. It was also capitalized for some reason, a classic Trump move. Cue the Forrest Gump jokes. The tweet has since been replaced with one that spells "forest" correctly.

Is forest spelled with one R or two?

Forrest Ave. in #Memphis will now be spelled Forest Ave. That 1-R difference means A LOT to a group who lives on Forest. They say the name was changed to 2-Rs in the 1920s to honor the 1st Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard and slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest.