Fischer Name Meaning. German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, from Fisch + the agent suffix -er. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe.
Fisher (German: Fischer) 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.
Fisk Name Meaning. English (East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a fish in some way, from Old Norse fiskr 'fish' (cognate with Old English fisc).
Fiske Name Meaning. Norwegian: habitational name from a farm in western Norway, named from Old Norse fiskr 'fish' + vin 'meadow'. Danish: metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, from Old Norse fiskr 'fish'. English: variant of Fisk.
The meaning of the name Fisseha is Happiness, Joy. The origin of the name Fisseha is African.
Fitch is a family name of Old French origin. Like most ancient surnames, there are a number of possible origins to the name. It may originate from the Old French word fissell meaning "an iron-pointed implement". ... Earliest records show the name and derivatives occurring from the 12th century onwards.
Fitch is a family name of Old French origin. Like most ancient surnames, there are a number of possible origins to the name. It may originate from the Old French word fissell meaning "an iron-pointed implement". ... His descendants eventually shortened the name first to "Fitche" and then to "Fitch".
1 : an action or act of one that fits specifically : a trying on of clothes which are in the process of being made or altered. 2 : something used in fitting up : accessory.
Fitz (pronounced "fits") is a prefix in patronymic surnames of Norman origin, that is to say originating in the 11th century. The word is a Norman French noun meaning "son of", from Latin filius (son), plus genitive case of the father's forename.
Fitz Name Meaning. English: generally said to be from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z 'son', used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name.
