Names That Mean Scissors

  1. Forster
    • Origin:

      English, variation of Foster
    • Meaning:

      "scissors maker"
    • Description:

      Forster, a variation of Foster or potentially even Forester, is associated with British novelist E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India, Howard's End, and A Room with a View. But if you choose Forster, you'd always have to force that 'r'.

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