Polyeuctus (also Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos, ) is a Greek name with meaning πολύ + ευκτος, "very" + "desired". The Russian surname Puluektov is derived from it (in slightly different spellings: :ru:Полуэктов, :ru:Полуектов, as well as the noble family of :ru:Полуехтовы (Poluekhtovs)).
Notable people with the name include:
Polyeuctus of Constantinople (died 970), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Polyeuctus of Melitene (died 259), ancient Roman saint Polyeuctus of Sphettus (died after 324), Athenian orator, contemporary and political ally of Demosthenes (1912–1988), bishop of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, Metropolitan of
Fictional characters Poluekt Khrisanfovich Nevstruev, minor character in the Russian novel Monday Begins on Saturday by Strugatsky Brothers