Fischer
The fisherman — the name maps the German waters.
- Origin
- German
- Famous bearer
- Joschka Fischer (b. 1948), German Foreign Minister 1998–2005
- Register
- German family
The seat of Fischer
Seat vacantChief
No one leads the Fischer community yet. When the movement opens, you can stand for its leadership, or help elect whoever does.
Current mission
No shared goal set yet. Once Fischer has leadership, it sets the public focus: a restoration, a gathering, a real-world project that helps its own.
The Fischer clan is being rebuilt. Join the waiting list for the movement today, and you help decide who leads it and what it does.
Help rebuild the Fischer clan →What does the Fischer name mean?
The fisherman, Middle High German vischære. Among the most common German surnames, thick wherever water fed a community — the Rhine, the Elbe, the Danube, the Baltic and North Sea coasts. Cognate of English Fisher.
The history of Fischer
Fishing was the livelihood of whole communities along the German rivers and seaboards, regulated by guild and weir-right, and the surname concentrates exactly where the water is: the great rivers and the northern coasts. It is one of those names that lays a trade over a map.
Fischer families carried the skill of net and line to the American Great Lakes and the Atlantic fishing towns, where freshwater and inshore fisheries needed exactly their knowledge. The name usually crossed unchanged rather than translating to Fisher.
Explore With Your Ancestors · Beta
Pick any year from 500 to 1945 and any place on earth — the Fischer country, or a shore no Fischer ever reached. The chronicler sets the scene; the deeds are yours.
Notable bearers of the Fischer name
- Joschka Fischer (b. 1948), German Foreign Minister 1998–2005