Forester Family Crest & Name History

Genealogists group Forester with Forestier. The family name meaning is “Forester”, the same as for Forestier. Before spelling was fixed, Forestier was also written Forester. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Forestié.

In the 2010 US Census, 5,037 Americans gave Forester as their last name (rank 6,704). That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames. Forester sounds close to Forrester, Forster and Foerster, so it can help to search both.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Forester, so the heraldry linked to Forestier is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Forester report, with a museum-style coat of arms.