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Fisher

in District Of Columbia

There are 268 people with the last name "Fisher" in District Of Columbia.

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Ranking in District Of Columbia

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Fisher 141
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  1. is 137th most common Porter
  2. is 138th most common Fields
  3. is 139th most common Saunders
  4. is 140th most common Wade
  5. is 141st most common Fisher
  6. is 142nd most common Jefferson
  7. is 143rd most common Battle
  8. is 144th most common Bradley
  9. is 145th most common Oliver

Most Common First Names for Fisher

John, Linda, Brian, Harold, Mary, Patricia, Paul, Brandy, Brent

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 District Of Columbia

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John Fisher, DC (9 searches)
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