Fletcher Forename

49,297th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 13,738 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malawi

Fletcher Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Arrow maker.

Fletcher Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
7,9461:45,6252,643
Malawi
98%
 
3,8071:4,495682
Zimbabwe
97%
 
5821:26,5012,741
Australia-2591:52,7322,449
Canada
100%
1801:184,0747,260
England
100%
1591:349,7048,425
New Zealand-1331:34,1062,163
Philippines
90%
 
1151:921,82225,728
Zambia-1041:152,4506,010
South Africa
100%
781:699,13730,011
Malaysia
96%
 
521:585,57624,305
Brazil
100%
301:7,141,20598,999
Papua New Guinea
100%
271:301,93824,448
India
88%
 
261:46,726,076818,939
Thailand
100%
231:3,046,34070,930
Jamaica-211:137,2975,200
Nigeria
100%
191:9,345,493111,831
China-161:85,378,48664,025
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
161:85,0896,268
Germany
100%
131:7,436,76027,072
Russia
100%
111:13,112,15545,377
Ghana
100%
91:2,998,4685,965
Kenya-81:5,788,38930,473
Saint Lucia
100%
61:29,6362,683
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Tanzania
100%
61:8,798,05338,955
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Liberia
100%
51:882,41221,482
Vanuatu-41:65,448976
Peru
100%
41:7,947,86448,688
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Nicaragua
100%
41:1,504,58416,652
Scotland
100%
41:1,337,59211,885
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
France
100%
31:22,156,78046,973
Bahamas-31:133,1232,262
Italy
80%
 
31:20,354,03045,650
Taiwan
100%
21:11,884,841132,786
Ireland
100%
21:2,321,7608,894
Haiti-21:5,363,47632,317
Pakistan
100%
21:97,178,840228,758
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Ivory Coast
100%
21:11,537,96695,271
Congo
50%
 
21:2,504,60231,783
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536

Fletcher (216,963) may also be a surname.

Fletcher Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Arrow maker.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Fletcher Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Fletcher Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fletcher in the Russian language
Флетчерfletcer-

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