Fisher (surname)

Fisher is an English occupational name for one who obtained his living by fishing or living by a fishing weir. In Ireland it is the anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bradáin 'descendant of Bradán', a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. This name was sometimes translated into English as Salmon or Fisher. The Celtic name Mac an Iascair in Ireland or MacInesker in Scotland also translates to Fisher. The German version of the surname is Fischer.

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  • Zac Fisher (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
  • Zachary Fisher (1910-1999), American businessman and philanthropist, founder of Fisher House Foundation

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