Pegonites (Greek: Πηγωνίτης), plural Pegonitai, was a Byzantine family name between the 11th and 13th centuries.
Its etymology is uncertain, but it may be related to the Greek for "chin" (πηγούνι, pegouni).
[1] The first recorded member of the family was Niketas Pegonites, the duke of Dyrrachium who defeated the Bulgars in 1018.
[1] He may be the same person as the Niketas, strategetes of Dyrrachium, the father of Irene, wife of the caesar John Doukas, whose epitaph was written by Michael Psellos.
These were fiscal positions, but by 1180 there were Pegonitai again holding military posts.