Given name & surname
Fisher
“a fisherman”
Fisher is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a fisherman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a fisherman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fisher through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,646
- 6,581 boys · 65 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 319 babies
- 2025
- 319
- #791 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 319 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 791 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, North Carolina and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (24 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,938 as a first name in 2020; 206,799 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fisher’s family of names
In English usage, Fisher as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Fischer. Fisher has a related form in Fish. Fisher has a related form in Fischer.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Fischervariant · German, English
- Fyshervariant
- Visservariant · German
- Fishevariant
- Fyshvariant
- Fyshevariant
- Fishvariant
- Fysschervariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fisher
- Fisher StevensAmerican actor, director, producer and writer (born 1963)
- Fisher AmesAmerican politician (1758–1808)
- Fisher TullAmerican composer (1934–1994)
- Fisher KondoweMalawian footballerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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