Given name & surname

Foxy

Foxy is a surname.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

Built from English Fox + y.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Foxy through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1975
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01234198020002025Highest share 19750.0
Foxy in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1975–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1975. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Foxy’s family of names

In English usage, Foxy as a surname is a nickname for Reynolds. In English usage, Foxy as a surname is a nickname for Fox.

Walk Foxy’s family in the name graph

FoxyFoxReynoldsFoxxy

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

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

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Literary

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Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Foxy