The fisk Surname
fisk Name Meaning and History
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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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