Fisken Family History

From the Middle Dutch personal name Friesekin, a pet form of Continental Germanic names beginning in Fris- (‘Frisian’). The first known bearer of the personal name in Scotland was Freskyn of Moray, said by Black to have acquired lands in Moray (Murray) from David I after he suppressed an insurrection there in 1130.

As a surname Friskin became Firskin by metathesis and subsequently lost the /r/ before the following /s/, hence the modern forms Fisken and Fiskin.