The poisson Surname
poisson Name Meaning and History
- French: from poisson ‘fish’, a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a fish. In North America this name is sometimes translated as Fisher.
- North American variant of Poissant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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