Fawkes
Fawkes is a surname of Norman-French origin, first appearing in the British Isles after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The surname may be a corruption of the Norman surname Vaux, which means valley. Notably, Guy Fawkes was sometimes recorded as Guy Vaux. An alternative origin for the surname is that it originates from the pre-6th century Germanic given name of Falco meaning "falcon".
Meaning & Origin of Fawkes
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fawkes is a surname of Norman-French origin, first appearing in the British Isles after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The surname may be a corruption of the Norman surname Vaux, which means valley. Notably, Guy Fawkes was sometimes recorded as Guy Vaux. An alternative origin for the surname is that it originates from the pre-6th century Germanic given name of Falco meaning "falcon".
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The Story of Fawkes
Fawkes first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2009, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2018: 15 births, good for #5,770 nationwide. About 52% of every Fawkes on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Fawkes last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 81 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Fawkes
Fawkes is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2009 and has accumulated 81 births in the dataset. Fawkes's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #5,770. Use the chart and map above to compare Fawkes's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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