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All over the world, Forrest (Forrest , フォレスト , Форрест , along with others...) is a common boy's forename. The first name Forrest is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Canada, and Hong Kong. Also, Forrest is the last name as well as the forename.
Forrest is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Forrest Gump , the fictional character, Forrest Gump; Forrest Gates , the character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Forrest Blackwell , the fictional character and main antagonist in Lego City Undercover.