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The surname Fisk originates from England. The name derived from the Old Norse word "fiskr", and the Olde English pre 7th Century "fisc", which both mean fish. Fisk was originally given as an occupational name to a fisherman. Fisk occurs as a personal name in the Domesday Book of 1086 for Norfolk. Notable people who bear the name are William Fisk (1796 - 1872), a successful painter, and his son, William Henry Fisk, (1827 - 1884), draftsman of anatomy to the College of Surgeons, and lecturer at the University College School, London. A Coat of Arms granted to the family is a shield chequy silver and red, on a black pale three gold mullets, the Crest being a gold estoile on the point of a triangle. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Fisk, which was dated 1230, during the reign of King Henry 111.

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