Forrest Gump (in the movie by the same name) was said to have been named after a famous general. This indicated that his family held General Forrest with esteem.
In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest (played by Tom Hanks) said that he was related to and named after General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
He was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was the first leader of the KKK (the Ku Klux Klan).
His mother named him after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a noted Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, who is supposedly related to Gump. She intended his name to be a reminder that "sometimes we all do things that, well, just don't make no sense." Source: answers.com
Forrest Gump's middle name is 'George'. 'Forrest George Gump'
Forrest Gump.
In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest (played by Tom Hanks) said that he was related to and named after General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Presumably from one who works in a forest.
He was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was the first leader of the KKK (the Ku Klux Klan).
If you're asking about Forrest Gump, then, it's not short for anything. Forrest Gump was named after the first leader of the KKK, Nathan Bedford Forrest. For other people, the name Forrest could possibly be short for Forrester.
His mother named him after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a noted Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, who is supposedly related to Gump. She intended his name to be a reminder that "sometimes we all do things that, well, just don't make no sense." Source: answers.com
I can't recall that it was stated in the movie but he was named after a civil war era relative name Forrest Bedford Gump, the guy with the white robe and hood, on the horse with a white hood and horse blanket.
The proper noun 'Forrest' is a concrete noun, the name of a person (Nathan Bedford Forrest or Forrest Gump) and the name of a place (Forrest County School District, Hattiesburg, MS or Forrest, Victoria Australia); a word for a physical person and a physical place.
For one... * it's Forrest* ... Forrest Gump example: "He's got a daddy named Forrest too!?"
By todays standards a sophisticated name. In old English times he who came from the woods usually came with craft and survival methods of living and teaching. of old English decent. Transferred use of the English surname which arose in the 13th century in the form of de Foresta (of the forest): hence, "dweller or worker in the forest." The name Forrest has been interpreted as meaning....for rest. One of rest, selected for or to receive other meanings of the name Forest/Forrest - immense, very calm, sedative. variety, tranquility and abundance. It means provider. supporter of life. or cradle.
Gump was born near the small town of Greenbow, Alabama, on June 6, 1944 (the same day the Allied forces began Operation Overlord). His father was absent during his life; his mother said he was "on vacation". His mother named Forrest after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a noted Confederate general in the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, who is supposedly related to Gump. She intended his name to be a reminder that "sometimes we all do things that, well, just don't make no sense."
Forrest Gump's middle name is 'George'. 'Forrest George Gump'
Forrest Gump.