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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BOXER

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English: variant of Box, with the addition of the agent suffix -er.
2. Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): from an Americanized spelling of Yiddish bokser ‘St. John’s bread’, presumably an ornamental name.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)