Puck

Given name

Also known as Puck (first name) · Puck (given name)

Instance of: female given name

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Puck is a Dutch and English given name and nickname for other names. It is derived from the Old English puca, referring to a mischievous household spirit or nature sprite. It is a popular name for girls in the Netherlands. Puck is a character in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As a surname, it has multiple possible origins.

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Different from: Puck criterion used: given name has to use a different item than disambiguation pages
Puck
Native label: Puck
Script: Latin script
Soundex: P200
Cologne phonetics: 14
Caverphone: PK1111
Family name identical to this given name: Puck
Language: Dutch
Attested in: frequency of first names in the Netherlands, 2010 quotation: Puck · quantity: 3,087

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1 identifiers linking Puck across the web's reference databases

Nederlandse Voornamenbank IDPuck

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