Punzel Family History
Punzel Name Meaning
German:: variant of Bunzel from a diminutive of Bunze ‘(officially stamped) wine barrel’ possibly an occupational name or a nickname for a short fat man. probably a metonymic occupational name for an engraver or a metal worker of similar activity from Middle High German punze ‘chisel gouge’ + excrescent -l.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022