Name: Fletcher
Gender: Male
Usage: Fletcher is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Fletcher are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Fletcher is: Maker of arrows.
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Numerology of the first name Fletcher: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Fletcher is ranked on the 6,496th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 43500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Fletcher has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Fletcher is a masculine given name which may refer to:
People:
- Fletcher Benton (born 1931), American sculptor, painter and kinetic artist
- Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968), long-serving Mayor of Los Angeles, California
- Fletcher Christian (1764–1793), mutineer who seized command of HMS Bounty
- Fletcher Cox (born 1990), American National Football League player
- Fletcher Dragge (born 1966), lead guitar player in the band Pennywise
- Fletcher Hale (1883–1931), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire and lawyer
- Fletcher Hanks (1887-1976), a cartoonist from the Golden Age of Comic Books, creator of Stardust the Super Wizard
- Fletcher Harper (1806-1877), American publisher, founder of Harper's Weekly, Harper's Magazine and Harper's Bazaar
- Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (born 1947), American politician
- Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952), American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer of big band jazz and swing music
- Fletcher Humphrys (born 1976), Australian actor
- Fletcher Jones (1895-1977), Australian clothing manufacturer and retailer
- Fletcher R. Jones (1931–1972), American businessman, computer pioneer and thoroughbred racehorse owner
- Fletcher Knebel (1911–1993), American writer of political fiction
- Fletcher Markle (1921–1991), Canadian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director
- Fletcher Martin (1904–1979), American painter
- Fletcher Pratt (1897–1956), American writer of science fiction, fantasy and history
- Fletcher D. Proctor (1860-1911), American businessman, politician and Governor of Vermont
- L. Fletcher Prouty (1917-2001), Chief of Special Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Air Force colonel and foreign policy critic
- Fletcher Sibthorp (born 1967), British painter
- Fletcher Smith (born 1943), former American Football League and National Football League player
- Fletcher Steele (1885-1971), American landscape architect
- Fletcher Stockdale (c. 1823–1890), American politician, Governor of Texas, lawyer and railroad official
- Fletcher B. Swank (1875-1950), American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
- Fletcher Thompson (born 1925), American lawyer and politician
- Fletcher Webster (1818-1862), American government official and Union Army colonel, son of Daniel Webster
Fictional characters:
- Fletcher Reade, on the American soap opera Guiding Light played by Jay Hammer
- Fletcher Reede, the main character of the film Liar Liar
- Fletcher Renn, a Skulduggery pleasant by Derek Landy
- Fletcher Tringham, in the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist
English: transferred use of the surname, which originated as an occupational name for a maker of arrows, from Old French flech(i)er, an agent derivative of fleche (of Germanic origin). An early bearer of this as a given name was Fletcher Christian, leader of the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789.
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