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Fisher

in Maine

There are 650 people with the last name "Fisher" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Fisher 281
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  1. is 277th most common Dionne
  2. is 278th most common Harriman
  3. is 279th most common Graham
  4. is 280th most common Noyes
  5. is 281st most common Fisher
  6. is 282nd most common Howe
  7. is 283rd most common Lavoie
  8. is 284th most common Glidden
  9. is 285th most common Fletcher

Most Common First Names for Fisher

Robert, William, Michael, John, Charles, Mark, David, Richard, Susan

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 Maine

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Robert Fisher, ME (9 searches)
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