Ponce Name Meaning. Spanish and French: from the medieval personal name Ponce, ultimately from Pontius, a Roman family name of uncertain origin, perhaps an ethnic name for someone from Pontus (named with Greek pontos 'ocean') in Asia Minor, or an Italic cognate of Latin Quintus 'fifth' (i.e. 'fifth-born').
Origin of the name Alfonso: Cognate of the French Alphonse (noble and ready), a name derived from the Old German Adulfuns, a compounding of the elements adal (noble) and funs (ready, prompt, apt). The name was borne by the patron saint of Mallorca and Palma. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.
Ponciano Name Meaning. Spanish and Portuguese: from the personal name Ponciano (from Latin Pontianus).
(in ancient Rome) any of the senior members of the Pontifical College, presided over by the Pontifex Maximus. Word origin of 'pontifex' C16: from Latin, perhaps from Etruscan but influenced by folk etymology as if meaning literally: bridge-maker, from pons bridge + -fex from facere to make.
Roman family name. The family had Samnite roots so the name probably originated from the Oscan language, likely meaning "fifth" (a cognate of Latin Quintus). Alternatively, it could be derived from the name of the ancient province of Pontus in Asia Minor, itself probably from Greek ποντος (pontos) "sea".
Proper noun. Pontus. (Greek mythology) A god of the sea. (historical) An ancient region and kingdom on the southern coast of the Black Sea.
The meaning of the name “Pooky” is: “Cute Person”.
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