Puck

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM	Mike C	update #114
2/4/2020, 9:06 PM	Mike C	update #107
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
8/20/2007, 11:51 AM	Mike C	added

Gender Masculine & Feminine

Usage Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Dutch

Pronounced Pron. /ˈpʌk/(English) /ˈpʏk/(Dutch)

Meaning & History

Meaning unknown, from Old English puca. It could ultimately be of either Germanic or Celtic origin. In English legend this was the name of a mischievous spirit, also known as Robin Goodfellow. He appears in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595). It is used in the Netherlands as mainly a feminine name.