Puck

Literary name

Puck Origin and Meaning

The name Puck is a girl's name .

Puck, the mischievous sprite of Shakespeare, is a unisex name given more often to girls in The Netherlands and is also the name of one of the moons of Uranus, discovered in 1985 and named Puck for the Shakespearean figure.

The name might derive from the Irish word puca, meaning goblin or sprite and representing a mythological shape-shifter.

Puck Popularity

Famous People Named Puck

  • Byra "Puck" Whittlesey (194988), mother of Margaux and Mariel Hemingway
  • Puk Scharbau (1969), Danish actress
  • Puck Elisabethdaughter of Kasper van Kooten
  • Puck LoomansDutch model

Puck in Pop Culture

  • Kate "Puck" Connolly is the protagonist in Maggie Steifvater's book The Scorpio Races.