Have you ever heard of or met a person with the last name Fooks?

Question

Just curious

Answer 1

nope

Answer 2

no but ive heard of a last name of fagre

faaaaagre

Answer 3

It's not an uncommon name in the UK - my computer found me "over 200" (how many "over" I wouldn't like to guess).

It found 139 people on the Electoral Roll called Fuchs.

Answer 4

no i sure have not

Answer 5

I worked in a resturant kitchen once with Fook the cook.

Answer 6

There are quite a lot of people with the name Fooks, this is the origin and what the name might mean

Fooks  

Last name origins & meanings:

English: variant of Foulks.

Americanized spelling of German Fuchs.

Fuchs  

Last name origin & meaning:

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German vuhs, German Fuchs ‘fox’, nickname for a sly or cunning person, or for someone with red hair. This name is widespread throughout central Europe. As a Jewish name, it is mainly an ornamental name.

Foulks    

Last name origin & meaning:

English: from a Norman personal name, a short form of various Germanic names formed with folk ‘people’. See also Volk.

Volk    

Last name origins & meanings:

German: from a medieval personal name, a short form of various Germanic personal names with the first element folk ‘people’. Compare Foulkes.

Czech: variant of the personal name Volek.

Slovenian: nickname from volk ‘wolf’.

Ukrainian: Russianized form of Ukrainian Vovk, a nickname meaning ‘wolf’.

Jewish (western Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Volk ‘people’

Surname: Fooks

This interesting and unusual name derives in the first instance from an Old German personal name, 'Fulco' or 'Folco', translating as 'people', and found as a given name in itself or as a short form of various Germanic names with the first element 'folk'. This was in existence in England before the Norman Conquest, and was re-introduced and spread by the Normans after 1066 in the Old French forms 'Fulco' and 'Foughes'. The personal name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Folco' and 'Fulco', and the development included: Fuke (1166), Fulk (1177), Fouke (125) and Folkes (1279). The modern surname from this source has at least twenty-five variant forms, ranging from Folk, Folke(s), Foulk(e)s, Fulk and Fulk(e)s to Fewkes, Foakes, Fooks, Foukx, Fowke(s) and Fuke, while the typical southern counties forms, replacing 'f' with 'v', are Voak, Vokes, Volk(e) and Volk(e)s. The marriage of Henry Foulkes and Agnes Hall was recorded at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, in London, on January 20th 1594. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Peter Fulch, which was dated 1198, in the Feet of Fines for Somersetshire, during the reign of King Richard 1, known as 'The Lionheart', 1189-1199.

If you Google the name, you will get a lot more.

Answer 7

We had Fouks, Foulk, Fouk families in my hometown in PA., no Fook?

Answer 8

No, but I know someone with the last name *****.  No kidding!  I also know a guy from China named Sh*t Low.

Answer 9

Lee Ho Fook's

as in:

Werewolves of London Lyrics - Warren Zevon:

"I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain

He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's

Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein

Werewolves of London"

Answer 10

theres someone with that name from VA and one from CA that are listed on whitepages.com

Answer 11

NO!

Answer 12

Oogaly fooks, he was my best imaginary friend.

Answer 13

UK answer.

Yes I do know someone with this surname. He runs a restaurant actually. I found this for you I thought you might like to know the origin of the name.

Surname: Fooks

This interesting and unusual name derives in the first instance from an Old German personal name, 'Fulco' or 'Folco', translating as 'people', and found as a given name in itself or as a short form of various Germanic names with the first element 'folk'. This was in existence in England before the Norman Conquest, and was re-introduced and spread by the Normans after 1066 in the Old French forms 'Fulco' and 'Foughes'. The personal name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Folco' and 'Fulco', and the development included: Fuke (1166), Fulk (1177), Fouke (125) and Folkes (1279). The modern surname from this source has at least twenty-five variant forms, ranging from Folk, Folke(s), Foulk(e)s, Fulk and Fulk(e)s to Fewkes, Foakes, Fooks, Foukx, Fowke(s) and Fuke, while the typical southern counties forms, replacing 'f' with 'v', are Voak, Vokes, Volk(e) and Volk(e)s. The marriage of Henry Foulkes and Agnes Hall was recorded at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, in London, on January 20th 1594. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Peter Fulch, which was dated 1198, in the Feet of Fines for Somersetshire, during the reign of King Richard 1, known as 'The Lionheart', 1189-1199. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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