Puck as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Puck

What is the meaning of the name Puck ?

The baby name Puck is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /pʌk/ (rhymes with "duck").

Puck is English in Origin.

Puck stems from Middle English puck/pouk, denoting a mischievous hobgoblin or woodland sprite. The word traces to Old English pūca and is cognate with Old Norse puki; it also aligns with Celtic folklore, notably Irish púca and Welsh pwca, indicating a shared tradition of trickster spirits. As a given name, it carries the playful meaning “mischief‑maker,” “sprite,” or “trickster of the woods.”

Use in literature fixed the name’s fame: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream presents Puck (Robin Goodfellow) as the nimble agent of comic chaos, which later inspired sporadic English given‑name use. Today Puck is a unisex choice, especially common as a girl’s name in the Netherlands since the late 20th century, and occasionally found in Scandinavia. Variants and related forms include Pouk/Pouke, Pook, Púca/Phooka/Pooka (Irish), and Welsh Pwca/Bwca; Robin serves as a literary counterpart.