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Fisher

in Arkansas

There are 1,828 people with the last name "Fisher" in Arkansas.

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Ranking in Arkansas

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Fisher 154
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  1. is 150th most common Porter
  2. is 151st most common Horton
  3. is 152nd most common Weaver
  4. is 153rd most common Lawrence
  5. is 154th most common Fisher
  6. is 155th most common Daniels
  7. is 156th most common Reeves
  8. is 157th most common Hunt
  9. is 158th most common Payne

Most Common First Names for Fisher

Michael, William, James, John, Robert, David, Betty, Patricia, Joe, Linda

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a fisherman, Middle English fischer. The name has also been used in Ireland as a loose equivalent of Braden. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognates and names of similar meaning from many other European languages, including German Fischer, Dutch Visser, Hungarian Halász, Italian Pescatore, Polish Rybarz, etc.

In a few cases, the English name may in fact be a topographic name for someone who lived near a fish weir on a river, from the Old English term fisc-gear ‘fish weir’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, Yiddish fisher, German Fischer.

Irish: translation of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán ’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. See Braden.

Mistranslation of French Poissant, meaning ‘powerful’, but understood as poisson ‘fish’ (see Poisson), and assimilated to the more frequent English name.

Recent Searches for "Fisher" in Arkansas

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Michael Fisher, AR (9 searches)
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