Fletcher

Where Fletcher comes from

English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.
— Wiktionary's entry for Fletcher
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1764
    Fletcher Christian born
    HMS Bounty mutineer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #341 among boys — 25 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1892
    Peak, #266
    45 babies named Fletcher — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1897
    Fletcher Henderson born
    American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Fletcher Christian · HMS Bounty mutineer, 1764–1793
  • Fletcher Henderson · American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, 1897–1952
  • Fletcher Pratt · American military historian and fantasy writer, 1897–1956
  • Fletcher Knebel · American novelist, journalist, 1911–1993
  • Fletcher Thompson · American politician, 1925–2022

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.