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Fisher

in Oregon

There are 2,977 people with the last name "Fisher" in Oregon.

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Ranking in Oregon

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Fisher 61
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  1. is 57th most common Bennett
  2. is 58th most common Reed
  3. is 59th most common Carter
  4. is 60th most common Edwards
  5. is 61st most common Fisher
  6. is 62nd most common Larson
  7. is 63rd most common Cooper
  8. is 64th most common Myers
  9. is 65th most common Bailey

Most Common First Names for Fisher

Robert, Michael, David, James, William, John, Richard, Larry, Gary, Donald

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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