Fish
English
editEtymology
editFrom fish, a metonymic occupational surname for a fish seller or a nickname for someone who resembled a fish. It could also be an Americanized spelling of German Fisch.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editFish (plural Fishes)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fish is the 1425th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24924 individuals. Fish is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.87%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fish”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 578.
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- English terms derived from German
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪʃ
- Rhymes:English/ɪʃ/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from nicknames
- English surnames from German