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Foster

boy name · English origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

occupational surname, traditionally 'forester' or 'keeper of the forest'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Foster peaked in the 2010s.

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