Forbes is a surname. It derives from the Scottish
Clan Forbes (after a toponym, from Gaelic forba "field"[1]). Descendants of the Scottish clan have also been present in Ireland since the 17th century. The name of an unrelated Irish sept,
Mac Fhirbhisigh or MacFirbis, was also anglicised as Forbes.[2]
Forbes family, a wealthy extended Canadian/American Family descended from John Forbes (1740–1783), an Anglican clergyman of
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, recorded in
Milton, Massachusetts, by 1769.
James Grant Forbes (1879–1955), American businessman
William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959), American investment banker and diplomat, Governor-General of the Philippines (1908–13), US Ambassador to Japan (1930–32)
Forbes as a given name is rare, mostly known due to
Forbes Burnham (full name Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham , 1923–1985), leader of
Guyana from 1964 until his death.
Forbes McAllister is a fictional character (a "cynical restaurant critic") from Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge (1994).
References
^Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary (1912),
p. 150.
^Michael C. O'Laughlin, The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small, 2002,
p. 108.
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Forbes is a surname. It derives from the Scottish
Clan Forbes (after a toponym, from Gaelic forba "field"[1]). Descendants of the Scottish clan have also been present in Ireland since the 17th century. The name of an unrelated Irish sept,
Mac Fhirbhisigh or MacFirbis, was also anglicised as Forbes.[2]
Forbes family, a wealthy extended Canadian/American Family descended from John Forbes (1740–1783), an Anglican clergyman of
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, recorded in
Milton, Massachusetts, by 1769.
James Grant Forbes (1879–1955), American businessman
William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959), American investment banker and diplomat, Governor-General of the Philippines (1908–13), US Ambassador to Japan (1930–32)
Forbes as a given name is rare, mostly known due to
Forbes Burnham (full name Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham , 1923–1985), leader of
Guyana from 1964 until his death.
Forbes McAllister is a fictional character (a "cynical restaurant critic") from Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge (1994).
References
^Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary (1912),
p. 150.
^Michael C. O'Laughlin, The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small, 2002,
p. 108.
Name list
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.