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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.
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Famous People Named Fox
- Fox ButterfieldAmerican journalist and author
- Fox ConnerAmerican WWII major general
- Fox Atticus MartindaleCanadian musician
- Fox MauleRamsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, British politician
- (Walter) Fox McKeithenAmerican 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. FoxCanadian actor
- Megan FoxAmerican actress
- Matthew Chandler FoxAmerican actor
- Jorja FoxAmerican actress
The name Fox in Pop Culture
- Reynard the Foxmedieval legend and hero/trickster
- Fox William Muldercharacter on TV's "The X,Files"
- Foxfemale character from the TV series "The 100"
- Nicholas Foxworth "Fox" Cranecharacter on American soap "Passions"
- Fox O'Dellcharacter in "Series of 7" by Nora Roberts
- Fox McCloudfox main character in video game series "Star Fox"
- Foxcharacter in anime web series "RWBY"
- Lucius Foxcharacter in the "Batman" series
- "The Fox" song by Norwegian band Ylvis
- "Mr. Fox" English fairy tale similar to "Bluebeard"
- FoxTV network
- Fox Newsconservative news channel
- Fox Wesleyone of the Selected in Kierra Cass' book "The Heir"
- CC1010, nicknamed "Fox", from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars."
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