Fletcher
FLETCH-er
English/French
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Arrow maker
- Origin
- English/French
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Fletcher does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Arrow maker", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Fletcher.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 1890s (0.026% of births), currently rising
- Spiritual meaning
- Fletcher shapes the arrows — children formed, shafts polished, the sacred craft of preparing the next generation for flight.
- Verses on this meaning
- Psalm 127:4
"As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth."
- Isaiah 49:2
"And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft."
- Psalm 127:4