as a Last Name
- 203,245
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Fisher
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 92nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 203,245
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Guam
- has the most people named Fisher per capita
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