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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Swedish : Fisherman

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Family name origins & meanings

  • 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).

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