Puc

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• Spanish:/ˈpuk/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Puc is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Pùc

• Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Slovenia, United States

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

  Also written Puć, Puč

• French surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States

  Also written Puć

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Puc̕

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Puc is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, acronym of Pontifícia Universidade Católica (“Pontifical Catholic University”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Initialism of Public Utility Commission, a regulatory body in various states.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Catalan, first-person singular present indicative of poder

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, PUC, pucuri, s. n. Obiect în formă de disc, făcut din cauciuc tare, folosit la jocul de hochei pe gheață.

  as a word·DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

• In Latvian, Sauciens, ar kuru dzen prom suni

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Stojan Pucb. 1921SISlovenian chess player (1921-2004)
• Iztok Pucb. 1966SISlovenian and Croatian handball player (1966–2011)
• Eva Marijab. 2005LUnot in their usual nameLuxembourgish singer, songwriter, and violinist (born 2005)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

24 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Puc mean, and where does it come from?

acronym of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (“Pontifical Catholic University of Chile”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Puc?

In Spanish /ˈpuk/ (Wiktionary).

Which countries have the most people with the surname Puc?

In Poland, the national register counted about 711 people named Puc, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled puc. After it come Slovenia, United States, Czechia and Croatia; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Puc most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Puc is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 5.5 thousand people — even though Poland holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Puc?

In Poland, the national register counted 711 people named Puc in 2026, about 1 in 54 thousand residents.