PRUDENCE  

Gender: F
Origin: Virtue name

Like Hope and Faith, a Puritan virtue name with a quiet charm and sensitivity. Caveat: possible "prude"-baiting during adolescence.

Variations:
Prudentia, Prudi, Pru, Pruie, Prudie, Prudy

International Variations:
Prew, Prudenzia, Prudentiane, Prewdence, Prue (French) Prudencia (Spanish)

Prudence is being discussed in our message boards:

• narrowing my list...need help
• People named after something else
• If I were a celeb. drop 2 add 1 with middles
• List of Favourite names (Girls)
• what if you had 20 kids?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Prudence:

• WORD NAMES FOR BABIES: What's in a word?
• HEROINE NAMES: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part I-Trailblazers
• HEY, JUDE: Names from the Beatles and beyond
• NEWER NAMES IN OLDER CATEGORIES: Fresh florals and varied virtues
• THAT'S A LOTTA NAME