The poyner Surname
poyner Name Meaning and History
- English (of Norman origin): nickname for someone who was handy with his fists, from Old French poigneor ‘fighter’ (Latin pugnator, from pugnare ‘to fight’, a derivative of pugnus ‘fist’).
- Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ab Ynyr ‘son of Ynyr’, a personal name from Latin Honorius.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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