Puckett Family History
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Puckett Name Meaning
English (Dorset): of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Pocket(t), from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman French poque ‘small pouch’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses and pouches or a nickname. Alternatively it could be from a diminutive of Middle English pouk(e) ‘evil spirit’, ‘puck’, ‘goblin’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Duckett, Plunkett, Hackett, Pickett, Luckett, Pallett, Cockett