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)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Forsyte is the 463456^th 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