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Fawkes

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Pronunciation
  
Fawks, IPA: [fɔːks]

Region of origin
  
British Isles

Meaning
  
Falcon

Language(s) of origin
  
Norman

Related names
  
Fakes, Faulks, Faulkes, Fawks, Fawlks, Fawlkes, Foulks, Foulkes, Fowkes

Fawkes is a surname of Norman-French origin, first appearing in the British Isles after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The name ultimately derives from the pre-6th century Germanic given name of Falco (later Faulques) meaning "falcon". The first recorded spelling of the surname in England is that of one Geoffrey Faukes in 1221.

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It is also, less frequently, a given name.

Surname

  • Geoff Fawkes (1964-Present), Technology Leader and Business Advisor
  • Barbara Fawkes (1914–2002), British nurse and nursing educator
  • Chris Fawkes, BBC weather forecaster
  • Francis Fawkes (1721–1777), English poet and translator
  • Frederick Fawkes (1870–1936), British Conservative Party politician
  • Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), English revolutionary
  • Guido Fawkes, a pseudonym of British right-wing political blogger Paul Staines
  • Randol Fawkes (1924–2000), Bahamian civil rights activist, author, musician
  • Isaac Fawkes (1675?-1732), English conjurer and showman
  • Richard Fawkes (born 1944), British writer and director
  • Wally Fawkes (born 1924), British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and cartoonist
  • Walter Fawkes (1769–1825), British landowner and politician, patron of painter J. M. W. Turner
  • Wilmot Fawkes (1846–1926), Royal Navy officer, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
  • Darien Fawkes, main character of The Invisible Man (2000 TV series)
  • Jamison Fawkes (aka Junkrat), playable character in the 2016 game Overwatch

    • Given name

  • Fawkes de Breauté, (died 1226), Anglo-Norman soldier who served in the First Barons' War
  • Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix in the Harry Potter books
  • Fawkes, a character on the web series The Guild, portrayed by Wil Wheaton
  • Fawkes, a character in the video game Fallout 3

    • References

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