Given name & surname

Faux

Faux is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Faux comes from French.

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How it developed

From French Faux.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Faux’s family of names

In English usage, Faux as a surname has a related form in FAULKS.

Walk Faux’s family in the name graph

FauxFaulks

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Faux, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

French

Faure

Faure is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

No U.S. birth series

88% boys · 12% girls

French

Fauch

Fauch is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

No U.S. birth series

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French

Faucheux

Faucheux is a surname from French.

No U.S. birth series

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Old French

Vaux

“valley”

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French

Fauber

Fauber is a surname from French.

No U.S. birth series

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French

Faubert

Faubert is a surname from French.

No U.S. birth series

45% boys · 55% girls

Frankish

Faucher

“falcon” · “army”

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French

Dufaux

Dufaux is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Faux’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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