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Fisher

in Illinois

There are 5,710 people with the last name "Fisher" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Fisher 107
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  1. is 103rd most common Powell
  2. is 104th most common Wagner
  3. is 105th most common Barnes
  4. is 106th most common Schultz
  5. is 107th most common Fisher
  6. is 108th most common Cruz
  7. is 109th most common Wallace
  8. is 110th most common Simmons
  9. is 111th most common Ortiz

Most Common First Names for Fisher

Robert, Michael, William, John, David, James, Richard, Charles, Mark, Mary

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 Illinois

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Robert Fisher, IL (77 searches)
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