Globally, フォレスト (Forrest 
, Forest , フォレスト 
) is a common boy's given name. The first name フォレスト is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but uncommonly feminine name, and New Zealand, where it is a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, Ethiopia, and Hong Kong. Likewise, フォレスト is the last name as well as the forename.
フォレスト is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Forrest Gump , the fictional character, Forrest Gump; Forest Speyer , the Resident Evil fictional character; Forrest Gates , the character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Forest Law , the video game character, Tekken 3 and Forrest Blackwell , the fictional character and main antagonist in Lego City Undercover, among other works.