Fox

Animal name

Fox Origin and Meaning

The name Fox is a boy's name.

Fox is one animal name backed by a longish tradition, and then popularized via the lead character Fox Mulder on X Files. Fox is simple, sleek, and a little bit wild, and could make an interesting middle name.

It was reported that the TV character's first name was not a tribute to the Fox network which aired The X-Files, as often assumed; show creator Chris Carter said he had a childhood friend named Fox.

Fox was one of the fastest-rising boys' names of 2016, perhaps because of the popularity of the X-Files revival.

# 939 in the US

Fox Rank in US Top 1000

# 481 on Nameberry

Fox Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Fox

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Famous People Named Fox

  • Fox Butterfield
    American journalist and author
  • Fox Conner
    American WWII major general
  • Fox Atticus Martindale
    Canadian musician
  • Fox Maule
    Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, British politician
  • (Walter) Fox McKeithen
    American politician
  • Fox India Owen (b. 2012)
    daughter of singer Mark Owen of Take That
  • Fox William Carter (b. 2015)
    son of rugby union player Dan Carter & Honor Dillon
  • Langley Fox Hemingway (b. 1989)
    daughter of Mariel Hemingway; great granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
  • Michael J. Fox
    Canadian actor
  • Megan Fox
    American actress
  • Matthew Chandler Fox
    American actor
  • Jorja Fox
    American actress

The name Fox in Pop Culture

  • Reynard the Fox
    medieval legend and hero/trickster
  • Fox William Mulder
    character on TV's "The X,Files"
  • Fox
    female character from the TV series "The 100"
  • Nicholas Foxworth "Fox" Crane
    character on American soap "Passions"
  • Fox O'Dell
    character in "Series of 7" by Nora Roberts
  • Fox McCloud
    fox main character in video game series "Star Fox"
  • Fox
    character in anime web series "RWBY"
  • Lucius Fox
    character in the "Batman" series
  • "The Fox
    " song by Norwegian band Ylvis
  • "Mr. Fox
    " English fairy tale similar to "Bluebeard"
  • Fox
    TV network
  • Fox News
    conservative news channel
  • Fox Wesley
    one of the Selected in Kierra Cass' book "The Heir"
  • CC
    1010, nicknamed "Fox", from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars."

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