Prudence Forename
7,256th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 144,368 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zambia
Prudence Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin prudentia ‘prudence’. The name is found in use in the 13th C (cf. Clemency, Pleasance), and was revived, with other similar names, after the Reformation. It was rather common in the 17th and 18th C, often abbreviated to Prue.
Read More About This ForenamePrudence Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 100% | 24,532 | 1:2,223 | 379 |
| Zambia | - | 23,352 | 1:679 | 144 |
| DR Congo | 68% | 15,619 | 1:4,727 | 600 |
| Kenya | 100% | 11,897 | 1:3,892 | 652 |
| Burundi | - | 8,690 | 1:1,140 | 371 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,218 | 1:1,384 | 296 |
| Uganda | 99% | 6,607 | 1:6,199 | 722 |
| United States | 100% | 5,300 | 1:68,403 | 3,451 |
| Chad | 100% | 5,128 | 1:2,652 | 379 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4,449 | 1:4,857 | 768 |
| Benin | 100% | 4,169 | 1:2,537 | 549 |
| Ghana | 90% | 3,764 | 1:7,170 | 778 |
| Tanzania | 88% | 2,863 | 1:18,438 | 1,930 |
| Congo | 86% | 2,605 | 1:1,923 | 311 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,155 | 1:82,396 | 4,982 |
| England | 100% | 2,029 | 1:27,404 | 1,554 |
| Malawi | 90% | 1,967 | 1:8,700 | 1,020 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,924 | 1:979 | 220 |
| Togo | - | 1,071 | 1:6,759 | 1,050 |
| Zimbabwe | 90% | 1,057 | 1:14,592 | 1,752 |
| Australia | - | 1,039 | 1:13,145 | 1,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 82% | 912 | 1:25,303 | 2,179 |
| Jamaica | - | 659 | 1:4,375 | 743 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 534 | 1:1,088 | 209 |
| Swaziland | - | 513 | 1:2,534 | 550 |
| Botswana | 67% | 317 | 1:6,891 | 1,092 |
| Burkina Faso | 85% | 303 | 1:60,658 | 3,870 |
| France | 100% | 258 | 1:257,637 | 3,751 |
| Senegal | 98% | 251 | 1:58,093 | 2,163 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Canada | 100% | 194 | 1:170,791 | 6,949 |
| Philippines | 62% | 185 | 1:573,024 | 18,360 |
| Namibia | - | 184 | 1:13,066 | 1,429 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 167 | 1:48,816 | 4,718 |
| Wales | 100% | 149 | 1:20,767 | 1,135 |
| New Zealand | - | 141 | 1:32,171 | 2,065 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 89 | 1:15,297 | 1,992 |
| Scotland | 100% | 65 | 1:82,313 | 2,093 |
| Hong Kong | - | 63 | 1:123,059 | 2,934 |
| Belgium | 100% | 60 | 1:191,501 | 4,817 |
| India | 95% | 57 | 1:21,313,649 | 492,649 |
| Guyana | 100% | 51 | 1:14,966 | 2,018 |
| Malaysia | 77% | 51 | 1:597,058 | 24,614 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 47 | 1:359,619 | 10,367 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Belize | 100% | 35 | 1:10,123 | 1,523 |
| Haiti | - | 28 | 1:383,105 | 12,194 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Liberia | 100% | 23 | 1:191,829 | 6,898 |
| China | - | 22 | 1:62,093,445 | 62,885 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Iceland | - | 16 | 1:22,876 | 1,561 |
| Brazil | 100% | 14 | 1:15,302,582 | 163,580 |
| Sweden | 75% | 14 | 1:704,136 | 15,982 |
| Switzerland | 87% | 13 | 1:631,807 | 9,098 |
| Singapore | - | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Italy | 100% | 9 | 1:6,784,677 | 26,090 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Saint Lucia | 63% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 7 | 1:7,837 | 1,103 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Norway | - | 6 | 1:855,388 | 12,625 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Germany | 97% | 5 | 1:19,335,575 | 51,270 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Thailand | 81% | 5 | 1:14,013,163 | 173,193 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Indonesia | - | 4 | 1:64,490,917 | 960,943 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Russia | 100% | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Greece | 100% | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Prudence (15,920) may also be a surname.
Prudence Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin prudentia ‘prudence’. The name is found in use in the 13th C (cf. Clemency, Pleasance), and was revived, with other similar names, after the Reformation. It was rather common in the 17th and 18th C, often abbreviated to Prue.
Prudencia Curia Regis Rolls 1210. Prudentia Assize Rolls 1221.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Cf. Latin Prudential f. of Prudentius, from prudens, ‘discreet,’ ‘prudent.’ It became popular among the Puritans late in C16: not from a St. Pruaentia, for there wasn’t—and, except unofficially, isn’t—such a saint, but from the abstract ‘prudence’ (L. prudentia). It is thus one with Faith, Mercy, Patience. It has, in C19-20, been more general in the U. S. A. than in England.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name used by the Puritans, and still found in England; from the Latin prudentia, wisdom, prudence, discretion, knowledge. Conf. the Scripture name Bunah, of the same meaning.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine)
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Prudent.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Prudence Forename Popularity
Prudence Demographics
Prudence Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,102 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proudence | 94 | 16 | / |
| Prudience | 94 | 8 | / |
| Prudencie | 94 | 7 | / |
| Prudenced | 94 | 5 | / |
| Preudence | 94 | 5 | / |
| Prudencea | 94 | 4 | / |
| Pruddence | 94 | 4 | / |
| Praudence | 94 | 3 | / |
| Pprudence | 94 | 3 | / |
| Prudencee | 94 | 3 | / |
| Pruudence | 94 | 2 | / |
| Prudences | 94 | 2 | / |
| Prudencei | 94 | 2 | / |
| Hprudence | 94 | 2 | / |
| Pruduence | 94 | 1 | / |
| Prudenche | 94 | 1 | / |
| Prudendce | 94 | 1 | / |
| Pruidence | 94 | 1 | / |
| Vprudence | 94 | 1 | / |
| Prudnce | 93 | 5 | / |
| Proudencie | 89 | 1 | / |
| Proudenche | 89 | 1 | / |
| Prodence | 88 | 324 | / |
| Prudenci | 88 | 70 | / |
| Prudense | 88 | 33 | / |
| Prudince | 88 | 23 | / |
| Prudency | 88 | 17 | / |
| Prudenca | 88 | 3 | / |
| Prudenge | 88 | 1 | / |
| Prudencis | 82 | 2 | / |
| Prudinche | 82 | 1 | / |
| Prudincea | 82 | 1 | / |
| Prudencui | 82 | 1 | / |
| Prudens | 80 | 63 | / |
| Prudenz | 80 | 3 | / |
| Braudenice | 78 | 3 | / |
| Prudencioa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Preiedence | 78 | 1 | / |
| Prudenza | 75 | 525 | / |
| Prudensi | 75 | 94 | / |
| Prudenzi | 75 | 47 | / |
| Prodense | 75 | 5 | / |
| Prudensa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Prodince | 75 | 3 | / |
| Prudensy | 75 | 2 | / |
| Prudenka | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pruddens | 75 | 1 | / |
| Prodency | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phrudens | 75 | 1 | / |
| Proudensi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Prudensha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prodens | 67 | 6 | / |
| Prudins | 67 | 3 | / |
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