Puvočiai is a village in Marcinkonys Eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania.

According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 71 people.

The name Puvočiai (known as Polish: Puchacze, Puhacze, Russian: Пугачи, romanized: Pugachi in earlier written sources) comes a popular Dzūkian personal name Pugãčius, Pugačiáuskas, Pugačáuskas which originates from Slavic names Пугач (it means 'a horned owl').

The current form Puvočiai sounds as made from Lithuanian: pūti 'to rot' because of paronymic attraction.

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