Americanized spelling of
German Rischer, a nickname for a hasty or impetuous person,
from an agent derivative of Middle High German rischen ‘to
rush’.
Americanized spelling of Swiss German Rüscher, a
topographic name for someone who lived on a mountainside, from
southern dialect risch ‘slope’, ‘mountainside’ + -er,
suffix denoting an inhabitant.
Americanized spelling of North
German Rischer, a topographic name from Middle Low German
risch ‘reed’, a topographic name for someone who lived where
reeds grew.
Anglicized form of Eastern German Rischar, a
nickname from Sorbian rýsar ‘knight’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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