Laforest Family History
Laforest Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a royal forest or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper or worker in one from Old French forest ‘forest’ (see Forest ) with fused feminine definite article la; or a habitational name from Laforest or La Forest names of several places in various parts of France.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022