diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10442-apk-fix-empty-names.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10442-apk-fix-empty-names.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24d68b52df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10442-apk-fix-empty-names.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - apk - handle empty name strings properly
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10441, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10442).
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diff --git a/plugins/modules/apk.py b/plugins/modules/apk.py
index dcb70ce72d..7ad5d5908e 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/apk.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/apk.py
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ def main():
 
     p = module.params
 
+    if all(not name.strip() for name in p['name']):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Package name(s) cannot be empty or whitespace-only")
+
     if p['no_cache']:
         APK_PATH = "%s --no-cache" % (APK_PATH, )
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml
index 0e1b0ae429..c800b1fa1c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml
@@ -158,3 +158,63 @@
         that:
           - results is not changed
           - (results.packages | default([]) | length) == 0
+
+    - name: Install package with empty name
+      community.general.apk:
+        name: ""
+      register: result_empty
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Assert failure due to empty package name
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - result_empty is failed
+          - "'Package name(s) cannot be empty or whitespace-only' == result_empty.msg"
+
+    - name: Install package name with only spaces
+      community.general.apk:
+        name: ["   "]
+      register: result_spaces
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Assert failure due to whitespace-only package name
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - result_spaces is failed
+          - "'Package name(s) cannot be empty or whitespace-only' == result_spaces.msg"
+
+    - name: Accept list with valid and empty string
+      community.general.apk:
+        name: ["busybox", ""]
+      register: result_valid_mixed
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Assert success with mixed package list
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - result_valid_mixed is not failed
+
+    - name: Reject package name list with multiple empty/whitespace-only strings
+      community.general.apk:
+        name: ["", "   "]
+      register: result_multiple_empty
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Assert failure due to all package names being empty or whitespace
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - result_multiple_empty is failed
+          - "'Package name(s) cannot be empty or whitespace-only' == result_multiple_empty.msg"
+
+    - name: Reject empty package name with update_cache parameter
+      community.general.apk:
+        name: ""
+        update_cache: true
+      register: result_empty_package_with_update_cache
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Assert failure due to all package names being empty or whitespace
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - result_empty_package_with_update_cache is failed
+          - "'Package name(s) cannot be empty or whitespace-only' == result_empty_package_with_update_cache.msg"