Fawkes

Fawkes is a surname of Norman-French origin, first appearing in the British Isles after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.

[1] The surname may be a corruption of the Norman surname Vaux, which means valley.

[2] Notably, Guy Fawkes was sometimes recorded as Guy Vaux.

[3] An alternative origin for the surname is that it originates from the pre-6th century Germanic given name of Falco (later Faulques) meaning "falcon".

[1] The first recorded spelling of the surname in England is that of one Geoffrey Faukes in 1221.