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Prudence

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Prudence: Virtue name Meaning of Prudence: "caution"
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Prudence, like Hope and Faith, is a Puritan virtue name with a quiet charm and sensitivity that is slowly returning to favor, though it hasn't yet registered on the charts.

Caveat: possible "prude"-baiting during adolescence.

Asset: Sweet nickname Pru/Prue.

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Pop Culture References for the Name Prudence

"Dear Prudence," song by the Beatles

Prudence Everett, character (played by Kim Richards) on the 1970s TV show "Nanny and the Professor"

Prudence Alessandra Maccon, character in Gail Carriger's "Changeless"

Prudence "Prue" Halliwell, character in TV series "Charmed"

Prudence was a character in the movie "Across the Universe"

Nicknames & Variations for Prudence

Pru, Prudentia, Prudi, Prudie, Prudy, Pruie

Prudence's International Variations

Prew, Prudenzia, Prudentiane, Prewdence, Prue (French) Prudencia (Spanish)

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