Pounder Family History
Pounder Name Meaning
English: occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English pounder ponder poinder ‘one who puts stray livestock into the village pound’ (Middle English pound pond poinde ‘enclosure for impounding beasts’ + -er). See Pound . In some cases possibly also an Americanized form (translation into English) of South German Pfunder . English: in the West Midlands and southwestern England a dialect form of Pinder .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022