- Fisher - FISH-ər
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
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 - FIS-keh
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.
Meaning: Fisherman
- Fitch
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.
Meaning: Weasel, ermine
- Fitche
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".
- Fitz - FITS
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 Adam
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.
Meaning: Son of adam
Origin: English - Fitz Adam
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.
Meaning: Son of adam
Origin: English - Fitz Gerald
Irish Surname - Fitzgerald. The Irish name Fitzgerald (spelled Mac Gearailt in Ireland), is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning 'the son of Gerald'. The Fitzgeralds of Ireland are said to be descended from Maurice, son of Gerald (husband of Nesta, Princess of Wales), constable of Pembroke and of a royal heritage in Wales.
Meaning: Son of gerald
Origin: English - Fitz Gerald
Irish Surname - Fitzgerald. The Irish name Fitzgerald (spelled Mac Gearailt in Ireland), is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning 'the son of Gerald'. The Fitzgeralds of Ireland are said to be descended from Maurice, son of Gerald (husband of Nesta, Princess of Wales), constable of Pembroke and of a royal heritage in Wales.
Meaning: Son of gerald
Origin: English - Fitz Gibbon
The surname Fitzgibbon is derived from the name Gibb, a short form of the Norman personal name Gilbert. ... The name features the distinctive Irish patronymic prefix "fitz," which means "son of" in Anglo-French.
Meaning: Son of gilbert
Origin: English - Fitz Gibbon
The surname Fitzgibbon is derived from the name Gibb, a short form of the Norman personal name Gilbert. ... The name features the distinctive Irish patronymic prefix "fitz," which means "son of" in Anglo-French.
Meaning: Son of gilbert
Origin: English - Fitz Gilbert
It is patronymic, since the prefix Fitz- derives from the Latin filius, meaning "son of." Its variants include the alternate forms FitzGilbert, Fitz Gilbert, Fitz-Gilbert, fitz Gilbert, and the given name turned surname Gilbert or Gilberts.
Meaning: Son of gilbert
Origin: English - Fitz Gilbert
It is patronymic, since the prefix Fitz- derives from the Latin filius, meaning "son of." Its variants include the alternate forms FitzGilbert, Fitz Gilbert, Fitz-Gilbert, fitz Gilbert, and the given name turned surname Gilbert or Gilberts.
Meaning: Son of gilbert
Origin: English - Fitz Hugh
Fitzhugh is an English Anglo-Norman surname originating in Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. It is patronymic as the prefix Fitz- derives from the Latin filius, meaning "son of". Its variants include FitzHugh, Fitz-Hugh, Fitz Hugh, fitz Hugh, and its associated given name turned surname Hugh.
Meaning: Son of hugh
Origin: English - Fitz Hugh
Fitzhugh is an English Anglo-Norman surname originating in Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. It is patronymic as the prefix Fitz- derives from the Latin filius, meaning "son of". Its variants include FitzHugh, Fitz-Hugh, Fitz Hugh, fitz Hugh, and its associated given name turned surname Hugh.
Meaning: Son of hugh
Origin: English - Fitz James
Meaning: Son of james
Origin: English - Fitz James
Meaning: Son of james
Origin: English - Fitz Patrick
The Gaelic prefix "Mac" means "son of", plus "giolla", a devotee or servant, and the personal name "Padraig" from the Roman "Patricius" meaning "the one of noble birth". ... This is the only surname in Ireland with the Norman-French prefix "Fitz" which is of native Irish origin, the others being Norman.
Meaning: Son of patrick
Origin: English - Fitz Patrick
The Gaelic prefix "Mac" means "son of", plus "giolla", a devotee or servant, and the personal name "Padraig" from the Roman "Patricius" meaning "the one of noble birth". ... This is the only surname in Ireland with the Norman-French prefix "Fitz" which is of native Irish origin, the others being Norman.
Meaning: Son of patrick
Origin: English - Fitz Simon
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.
Meaning: Son of simon
Origin: English - Fitz Simon
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.
Meaning: Son of simon
Origin: English - Fitz Walter
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.
Meaning: Son of walter
Origin: English - Fitz Walter
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.
Meaning: Son of walter
Origin: English - Fitz Water
Fitzwater Name Meaning. Irish: altered spelling of the Anglo-Norman French patronymic Fitzwalter 'son of Walter' (see Walter).
Meaning: Son of walter
Origin: English - Fitz Water
Fitzwater Name Meaning. Irish: altered spelling of the Anglo-Norman French patronymic Fitzwalter 'son of Walter' (see Walter).
Meaning: Son of walter
Origin: English - Fitzadam
Meaning: Son of adam
Origin: English - Fitzclarence
Fitzclarence or FitzClarence is a pseudo-Anglo-Norman name meaning "son of Clarence"—it usually refers to a bastard son of a Duke of Clarence, or a descendant thereof, and was used by them as a surname.
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- Fitzgerald - FITS-jehr-əld
The surname FitzGerald comes from the Norman tradition of adding Fitz, meaning "son of" before the father's name. "Fitz Gerald" thus means in Old Norman and in Old French "son of Gerald". Gerald itself is a Germanic compound of ger, "spear", and waltan, " rule".
- Fitzgibbon
The surname Fitzgibbon is derived from the name Gibb, a short form of the Norman personal name Gilbert. This name was originally derived from the name Gislebert, which is comprised of the Germanic elements "gisil," which means "hostage" or "noble youth," and "berht," which means "bright" or "famous."
Meaning: Son of gilbert
Origin: English
