Nix: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

The Nix last name has English roots. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “the son of Nick, a pet form of Nicholas (people's victory)”.

Surname origin

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

Surname statistics

24,786 Americans were listed as Nix in the 2010 census.

Family crest and blazon

If a Nix family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Research your Nix family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.