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Fox (surname)

Fox is a surname originating in England and Ireland. Variants include Foxe and Foxx.

English origin

The Fox surname in England comes from the Middle English identical word for 'fox', and was given to those who looked like or had the qualities of the animal such as being cunning or having red hair. It can also be a corruption of the Norman name 'Folko' or 'Foulques', and given to those who were the son or descendant of someone with that name. Some Fox carriers in England could also be of Irish ancestry. Fox is the 1,595th most common surname in the world.

Fox surname Ireland

The main origin of the Fox surname in Ireland is Ó Sionnaigh, a respectable clan from the Irish Midlands who were rulers of Tethbae and later barons of Kilcoursey. They descend from Niall of the Nine Hostages son, Maine of Tethba of the Southern Uí Néill. Other possible Fox surname origins in Ireland include Mac an tSionnaigh, de Bhosc and Mac Seancha.

Some families with this name

  • Fox sisters (19th century), American sisters credited as the creators of Spiritualism
  • Robin Fox family of English actors, including Edward, James, Emilia, Laurence and Lydia Fox
  • Fox-Strangways (originally Fox), family name of the Earls of Ilchester
  • Lane Fox, a double-barrelled English surname

Notable persons with this surname

Actors

Arts (other)

Military

  • Cecil H. Fox (1873–1963), British naval officer
  • Charley Fox (1920–2008), Royal Canadian Air Force officer in World War II
  • David G. Fox, U.S. Army officer
  • Earl R. Fox (1919–2012), U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran
  • Francis John Fox (1857–1902), New Zealand soldier and farmer
  • Francis Lane Fox (1899–1989), British Army officer and Yorkshire landowner
  • George Malcolm Fox (1843–1918), Inspector General of Gymnasia for the British Army at Aldershot
  • Gustavus Fox (1821–1883), American naval officer in the Civil War
  • Josiah Fox (1763–1847), Cornish-American naval architect
  • Myles C. Fox (1918–1942), United States Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient
  • Paddy Fox (1933–2016), British recruiting sergeant and Chelsea Pensioner
  • Wesley L. Fox (1931–2017), American US Marine, awarded the Medal of Honor

Politics and peerage

Religion

  • Edward Fox (bishop) (1496–1538), English churchman, Bishop of Hereford
  • Emmet Fox (1886–1951), Irish spiritual leader of the early 20th century
  • Francis Fox (divine) (1675–1738), English divine
  • George Fox (1624–1691), English Dissenter and the founder of the Religious Society of Friends
  • Joseph John Fox (1855–1915), American Roman Catholic bishop
  • Matthew Fox (priest) (born 1940), American priest and theologian
  • Peter Fox (bishop) (born 1952), British Anglican vicar and former bishop
  • Richard Foxe (Prince Bishop, 1448–1528), English churchman, founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
  • Tom Fox (Quaker) (1951–2006), Quaker peacemaker executed by insurgents in Iraq
  • William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), English religious and political orator

Science, technology, engineering, mathematics

Sports

Other

Fictional characters

See also

References