where does the last name fox come from
England and Ireland
title: Reynolds (surname) text: (1932-2016), American actress, dancer and singer; Christopher Reynolds, Australian Archbishop of Adelaide (1873–1893); as well as Burt Reynolds (1936-2018), American actor. The most ancient grant of a Coat of Arms found was a silver shield with a portcullis and three blue bars; A fox was the canting crest (French: "renard" = fox). The ancient family Motto for this distinguished name was: "Jus meum tuebor" ("I will defend my right") Or, ""Favente Deo" ("With God favouring"). In Ireland, the "Reynolds" surname originates in and around County Leitrim, where the name was rather influential before the seventeenth century. In the Irish language, title: Fenech text: Fenech There are various interpretations of the origins of the surname Fenech. The most notable is the meaning of "rabbit", since "fenek" is rabbit in Maltese. This in turn comes from the Arabic word for fox, فَنَك (fenek, fanak, “fennec fox”) which like the rabbit has large ears as its distinguishing feature and may have been confused during the development of the Maltese language which borrows heavily from Semitic languages. The word is also thought to be a respelling of Fenich, the German for millet farmer. Another variation is formed from the word "Phoenicians". In fact, some bearers of this title: Fox text: and widespread species of fox is the red fox ("Vulpes vulpes") with about 47 recognized subspecies. The global distribution of foxes, together with their widespread reputation for cunning, has contributed to their prominence in popular culture and folklore in many societies around the world. The hunting of foxes with packs of hounds, long an established pursuit in Europe, especially in the British Isles, was exported by European settlers to various parts of the New World. The word "fox" comes from Old English, which derived from Proto-Germanic *"fuhsaz". This in turn derives from Proto-Indo-European *"puḱ-", meaning ’thick-haired; tail’. Male foxes are title: Schaal (surname) text: Schaal (surname) Schaal (), sometimes spelled Shaal or Shael, is a Sephardic Jewish Surname, common among Jews of French, East-European and Middle Eastern background, descended from Spanish exiles. The source of the name is debated. Some have linked it to the Hebrew phrase "shaal" (to ask, inquire). Some linguists argue that it is rooted in the ancient town ShaalBim as mentioned the bible as a "place of foxes" (Joshua 19:42), indicating that the Schaal name-bearers are members of the Cohen tribe. Due to phonetic differences the Schaal family members who lived in Salonika were bearing the name "Shaul". Since the title: Fox Crane text: to Julian Linus Crane, eldest child of ruthless billionaire Alistair Ephraim Crane and Katherine Barrett, and Ivy Winthrop, daughter of the late former governor Harrison Winthrop and the late Helen Revere-Mott-Beaton. Fox, as he was eventually nicknamed, was descended from numerous wealthy and prominent families that immigrated to North America before the American Revolutionary War — his paternal grandfather is a descendant of William Ephraim Crane, a magistrate who ordered Tabitha Lenox's execution in 1693, thus sparking the witch's vendetta against the Crane family, and his maternal grandmother was a descendant of Paul Revere. Fox is predominantly of English descent,