46%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ˈtɛks/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From a nickname denoting a person who came from the state of Texas. A famous bearer was the American animator Tex Avery (1908-1980), real name Frederick, who was born in Texas. Related Names RootTexas (place name) PopularityDetails Last ranked #977 in 1950 United States People think this name isRate·Details youthful informal common devious strong rough strange simple comedic Categories American Horror Story characters, American states, Animal Crossing characters, artists, currently out of the US top 1000, diminutives, directors, isograms, murderers, NASCAR, nicknames, one syllable, Robert A. Heinlein characters, short forms, slang names, Squishmallows, Xeno characters