Fix
A rare surname that is usually treated as a nickname or occupational name, but its exact origin is uncertain.
The #6,431 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 58,452 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The surname Fix is likely from a short word or nickname rather than a long place-name, but the old surname dictionaries do not give a single secure derivation. It may be connected with a word meaning to fasten, arrange, or make firm, or with a shortened form of some longer medieval name. Because the historical sources supplied here do not discuss Fix directly, the safest conclusion is that its origin remains uncertain.
History
Fix is a relatively uncommon surname in English-speaking countries, including the United States. In some cases it may also reflect later immigration from continental Europe, where similar spellings occur in Germanic and French-speaking areas. Without an early English family line or local records, it is hard to separate native English uses from imported ones.
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Fun fact
In modern English, fix is one of those short, everyday verbs that can easily be mistaken for a surname with a transparent meaning, but surnames like this often have more complicated histories than they look.
From the historical record
“in the churchyard. The first element is either O E. rdd = O.N. rd^a, a rood, cruci- fix, or O.E. redd = O.N. riffp-r, red + O.E. stdn = O.N. steinn, a stone] RUDYARD (Eng.) Bel. to Rudyard (Staffs), the Domesday Rudierd, Ia.d. 1004 Rudegeard [the second element is O.E. geard, a yard,”
— Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary (2 vols in 1)