<P> Fox or Foxe or Foxx is a surname originating in England and Ireland . The derivation is from the Middle English `` fox '' , itself coming from the Old English pre 7th century `` fox '' . The surname first appears on record in the latter part of the 13th century , with the first recorded spelling in 1273 to be that of John Fox in the `` Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire '' , England . In Ireland , Fox is mainly an Anglicised form of the Old Gaelic `` Mac a'tSionnaigh '' ( son of the Fox ) . </P>
<P> Fox or Foxe or Foxx is a surname originating in England and Ireland . The derivation is from the Middle English `` fox '' , itself coming from the Old English pre 7th century `` fox '' . The surname first appears on record in the latter part of the 13th century , with the first recorded spelling in 1273 to be that of John Fox in the `` Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire '' , England . In Ireland , Fox is mainly an Anglicised form of the Old Gaelic `` Mac a'tSionnaigh '' ( son of the Fox ) . </P>
where did the last name fox originate from
where did the last name fox originate from
England and Ireland
England and Ireland