Name «Punets»

The name "Punets" has an interesting origin, which may have arisen from the metaphorical use of names of the frog "punya" or the small fish "pun." This name is recorded in the Register of the Zaporizhian Cossacks, where a cossack named "Punets Melnyk" is mentioned. In the genitive case, this name sounds like "Puntsy."