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Poets: Allen Fisher
Allen

Name origin: Gaelic

Name meaning: Handsome

 
Fisher

Name origin: English

Name meaning: occupational name for a fisherman, Middle English fischer. The name has also been used in Ireland as a loose equivalent of Braden. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognates and names of similar meaning from many other European languages, including German Fischer, Dutch Visser, Hungarian Halász, Italian Pescatore, Polish Rybarz, etc.

 
 
 
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