Bunce Family History
Bunce Name Meaning
English: variant of Bunt Bunn or Bone with post-medieval excrescent -s. Americanized form of South German Bunz: from Alemannic bunz ‘little barrel’ hence a nickname for a short fat man; or from a pet form of an Old High German personal name Bun(n)o. Americanized form of German Banz . Compare Bunts .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022