Fish

See also: fish, The Fish, and FISH

English

Etymology

From 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

  • IPA(key): /fɪʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃ
  • Homophone: fish

Proper noun

Fish (plural Fishes)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • 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.

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