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Fisher

in South Carolina

There are 2,174 people with the last name "Fisher" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Fisher 197
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  1. is 193rd most common Mccall
  2. is 194th most common Garcia
  3. is 195th most common Crosby
  4. is 196th most common Jacobs
  5. is 197th most common Fisher
  6. is 198th most common Marshall
  7. is 199th most common Mason
  8. is 200th most common Mccoy
  9. is 201st most common Austin

Most Common First Names for Fisher

James, John, William, David, Robert, Michael, Charles, Thomas, Betty, Mary

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 South Carolina

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James Fisher, SC (9 searches)
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