Lax Family History
Lax Name Meaning
German and Danish: metonymic occupational name for a salmon fisher or a seller of salmon Middle High German lahs ‘salmon’. English (northeastern counties) and Danish: from an Old Norse nickname Lax meaning ‘salmon’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Lachs ‘salmon’ Yiddish laks.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022