Fox comes from the name of the animal, which has gained a reputation of being and wily, depicted as tricksters in folktales, such as Reynard the fox. Fox is also a surname, originally given as a nickname for someone who was cunning, or who had red hair. The word comes from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (fox) derived from a PIE root word *púḱsos (tailed one).
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Variants:
- Foxx (English)
Female forms:
- Vixen (English)
