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Fisher

in Montana

There are 971 people with the last name "Fisher" in Montana.

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Ranking in Montana

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Fisher 42
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  1. is 38th most common Hansen
  2. is 39th most common Evans
  3. is 40th most common King
  4. is 41st most common Murphy
  5. is 42nd most common Fisher
  6. is 43rd most common Cook
  7. is 44th most common Wood
  8. is 45th most common Mitchell
  9. is 46th most common Jackson

Most Common First Names for Fisher

James, Robert, William, Bill, John, David, Ralph, Richard, Donald, Gary

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.

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James Fisher, MT (9 searches)
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