Given name & surname
Fish
“a fisherman”
Fish is a variant of Fisher. One English interpretation is “a fisherman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fish is a variant of Fisher. One English interpretation is “a fisherman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fish is a variant of Fisher. An origin associated with Fisher is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Fish as a surname developed from FISCH.
Fish’s family of names
In English usage, Fish as a surname developed from the German form FISCH. Fish has a related form in Fisher.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Fish
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