Pound Family History
Pound Name Meaning
English: topographic or occupational name from Middle English pound(e) ‘enclosure for distrained or stray livestock’ signifying one who lived at or worked at a pound. English: nickname from Middle English pound(e) powund ‘measure of weight; monetary unit’ perhaps used for a maker of weights. Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German Pfund or the North German cognate Pund .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022