The name was based on a famous Italian clown around the 16th/17th (and don't quote me on these dates

century...named Punchinello or Ponchinello. Anyway, since Boxers are known as the clowns of the dog world, we took the name and changed it up a bit to fit a female ('a' at the end) and the 'Punch' part being a play on boxers and punching. Okay, kind of cheesy, but we thought it was cute.