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Fisher

in New York

There are 7,328 people with the last name "Fisher" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Fisher 101
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  1. is 97th most common Bell
  2. is 98th most common Russell
  3. is 99th most common Flores
  4. is 100th most common Khan
  5. is 101st most common Fisher
  6. is 102nd most common Burke
  7. is 103rd most common Russo
  8. is 104th most common Vasquez
  9. is 105th most common Brooks

Most Common First Names for Fisher

Robert, John, Michael, David, William, James, Richard, Joseph, Thomas, Edward

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 New York

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Robert Fisher, NY (93 searches)
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