  We propose UV-completions of Froggatt-Nielsen-Peccei-Quinn models of fermion
masses and mixings with flavored axions, by incorporating heavy fields. Here,
the $U(1)$ Froggatt-Nielsen symmetry is identified with the Peccei-Quinn
symmetry to solve the strong CP problem along with the mass hierarchies of the
Standard Model fermions. We take into account leading order contributions to
the fermion mass matrices giving rise to Nearest-Neighbour-Interaction
structure in the quark sector and $A_2$ texture in the neutrino sector. A
comprehensive numerical analysis has been performed for the fermion mass
matrices. Subsequently, we investigate the resulting axion flavor violating
couplings and the axion-photon coupling arising from the model.
