contexts: 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 . The Celtic name Mac an Iascair in Ireland or MacInesker in Scotland also translates to Fisher .
name: Fisher (surname)
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answers.span_text: an English occupational name for one who obtained his living by fishing or living by a fishing weir
questions.input_text: where does the last name fisher originate from