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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire):: of Norman origin a habitational name from Vaux (see Vaux) a common French placename singular and plural of val ‘valley’ the plural form being Latinized in surnames as de Vallibus. Norman lords with this surname are recorded in 12th- and early 13th-century records in Cumberland (Irthington) Devon (Farwood in Colyton) East Yorkshire (Warter) Essex (Belchamp) and Leicestershire (Belvoir). Compare Vale. nickname perhaps from Middle English fals faus vaus (Old French fals faus Old English fals) ‘deceitful disloyal dishonest mendacious’ but it is more likely the name arises from 1 with the common Anglo-Norman French substitution of le for de in their surname.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
