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. View a list of the 2 names that reference Forrest.