Forsyte
English
Etymology
Variant of Forsythe.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹsaɪt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːsaɪt/
- Homophone: foresight (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Proper noun
Forsyte (plural Forsytes)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Forsyte is the 463456th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 30 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Forsyte”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 592.
Anagrams
- foresty