Foster

English occupational name

"forester"

Foster Origin and Meaning

Variation of Forrest

Foster Rank in US Top 1000

# 967 in the US

Foster Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 582 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Foster

• 967 US 2023
• 582 Nameberry 2025
• 75 Unique 2024
• 593 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Foster

• Foster Brooks American actor/comedian
• Foster William Hewitt Canadian sportscaster
• Foster Lonnie Campbell Jr., American politician
• Harry Foster Chapin American singer/songwriter
• Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
• Parker Foster Aiken son of singer and politician Clay Aiken
• Stephen Collins Foster "the father of American music," American songwriter
• Ben Foster American actor
• Hunter and Sutton Foster American actor siblings
• Jodie Foster American actress.

The name Foster in Pop Culture

• "The Fosters " TV series
• Foster Lambert character in horror movie "Insidious"
• "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends " animated series
• "Ellen Foster " novel by Kaye Gibbons and movie
• Foster the People American alternative band
• Foster's Australian lager beer
• Foster dog on soap "General Hospital"
• Court Foster character in the 1991 movie "The Man in the Moon"
• Rita Foster character in 2002 movie "Cypher"
• Robert Foster main character in the adventure game "Beneath a Steel Sky"
• Michael Foster character in 2013 movie "The Call"
• Sophie Elizabeth Foster character in "Keeper of the Lost Cities" by Shannon Messenger
• Foster Blake character in Elizabeth Enright's children's novel "Gone,Away Lake"