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Fisher

in Massachusetts

There are 3,121 people with the last name "Fisher" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Fisher 133
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  1. is 129th most common Stevens
  2. is 130th most common Hughes
  3. is 131st most common Reynolds
  4. is 132nd most common Lopes
  5. is 133rd most common Fisher
  6. is 134th most common Oconnell
  7. is 135th most common Stewart
  8. is 136th most common Colon
  9. is 137th most common Callahan

Most Common First Names for Fisher

David, Robert, John, William, Michael, Richard, James, Paul, Peter, 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 Massachusetts

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