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The girl's name Prudence \p-ruden-ce, pr(u)-de-nce\ is pronounced PROO-dens. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "caution, discretion". Virtue name most common in the 16th, 17th, and 19th centuries. Mostly British use now.

Prudence has 5 variant forms: Pru, Prudencia, Prudie, Prudy and Prue.

For more information, see also the related name Verity.

Baby names that sound like Prudence are Byrdene, Bridnee and Parthenie.

Prudence is a popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Prudence. Compare Prudence with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 girl names: Prudence
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 girl names: Prudence

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