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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