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'''Fox''' is a surname originating in England and Ireland. Variants include [[Foxe (disambiguation)|Foxe]] and [[Foxx]].
'''Fox''' 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.<ref name=REC>[http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Fox Surnamedb/Fox]</ref> In Ireland, Fox is mainly a translation of the Old Gaelic "Mac a'tSionnaigh" (son of the Fox).<ref name=REC/>
 
Variants include [[Foxe (disambiguation)|Foxe]] and [[Foxx]].
 
==Some families with this name==