Given name & surname · also French

Vaux

“valley”

Vaux is a surname from French, ultimately from Old French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Vaux goes back to Old French val, meaning “valley.”

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Where it comes from

Vaux comes from French, and ultimately from Old French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old French val (“valley”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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