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Fisher

in Rhode Island

There are 404 people with the last name "Fisher" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Fisher 208
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  1. is 204th most common Hebert
  2. is 205th most common Oliver
  3. is 206th most common Bouchard
  4. is 207th most common Pena
  5. is 208th most common Fisher
  6. is 209th most common Grant
  7. is 210th most common Richards
  8. is 211th most common Machado
  9. is 212th most common Paul

Most Common First Names for Fisher

Robert, Mary, Martha, Richard, Susan, Patricia, Barbara, Catherine, David, 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.

Recent Searches for "Fisher" in Rhode Island

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Robert Fisher, RI (9 searches)
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