Name: Prudence
Gender: Female
Usage: Prudence, of latin origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Prudence are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Prudence across the world, see Pru.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Prudence is: Provident, Intelligent.
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Numerology of the first name Prudence: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Prudence is ranked on the 5,899th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 49700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Prudence has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Prudence for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Prudence is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Prudence is a feminine given name. The name is a Medieval form of the Latin Prudentia, meaning prudence, i.e. good judgment.
The usual diminutive or short form is Pru or Prue. These may also be short for the unrelated name Prunella, which means plum.
English: originally a medieval form of the Latin name Prūdentia, a feminine form of Prūdentius, from prūdens provident. The Blessed Prudentia was a 15th-century abbess who founded a new convent at Como in Italy. Later, among the Puritans in 17th-century England, Prudence was used as a quality name, taken from the vocabulary word.
Short forms: Prue, Pru.
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