Forster

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• English : occupational and topographic name for someone who lived or worked in a forest (see Forrest).
• English : Norman French nickname or occupational name from Old French forcetier ‘cutter’, an agent noun from forcettes ‘scissors’.
• English : occupational name, by metathesis, from Old French fust(r)ier ‘blockmaker’ (a derivative of fustre ‘block of wood’).
• German (Förster) : occupational and topographic name for someone who lived and worked in a forest (see Forst).
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Forst ‘forest’.