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Fisher

in Louisiana

There are 2,235 people with the last name "Fisher" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

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Fisher 189
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  1. is 185th most common Matherne
  2. is 186th most common Duncan
  3. is 187th most common Pierce
  4. is 188th most common Magee
  5. is 189th most common Fisher
  6. is 190th most common Sullivan
  7. is 191st most common Porter
  8. is 192nd most common Long
  9. is 193rd most common Payne

Most Common First Names for Fisher

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

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 Louisiana

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James Fisher, LA (9 searches)
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