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♂ Foster
What does Foster mean?
Foster 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced FAW-ster. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Foster is "foster parent; forester; shearer; saddle-tree maker". Transferred use of the surname, an occupational name from "foster", "forester", "forseter", or "fuyster". Also variant of Forest.
ENDS WITH -ter
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, tree, surname
Variations
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA FOREST Forester, Forrester, Forster
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Foster Blaine (F.B.), ..
How popular is Foster?
Foster is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#923 out of 1220, Top 76%) and an even more prominent last name for both adults and children (#87 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Foster reached its peak rank of #302 in the U.S. during 1890-1899, and is presently at #1073. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Forest (#973 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) is the only other popular alternative form of Foster (#1073) listed in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Forester, are uncommon. These forms of Foster were at the apex of their popularity in the 1890s (USAGE OF 0.1%) and are now much less popular, with versions like Forest falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Foster▼ is alike in pronunciation to Fester. Other recommended sound-alike names are Alaster, Alester, Alister, Alter, Baxter, Bonner, Buster▼, Caster, Chester▼, Colter, Cooper▲, Coster, Dexter▲, Factor, Fajer, Farmer, Farrer, Felten, Feste, Filmer, Fischer, Fisher▲, Folke, Folker, Fonsie, Forbes, Forden, Fortney, Fowke, Fowler, Foxe, Foxen, Fraser, Frazer, Frost, Fryer, Fuller, Fylmer (see Filmore), Gasper, Gower, Gunter, Hooker, Hopper, Jesper, Joiner, Joyner, Kasper, Kester, Konner▲, Krister, Lester▼, Loeber, Loller, Louther, Naseer, Naser, Nester, Pieter, Porter▲, Potter, Procter, Ritter, Rodger▼, Roger▼, Rover, Sommer, Topher, Torger, Tower, Valter, Vester, Volker, Wister and Yaseer. These names tend to be less frequently used than Foster.
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