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Definition: From the Gaelic "forba" meaning field.
Surname Origin:
Scottish, Irish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
FORBS, FORBIS
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Common Surname Search Tips FORBES Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - FORBES Genealogy FORBES Surname Mailing List FORBES Genealogy Surname Finder - FORBES Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - FORBES Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - FORBES Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - FORBES Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
