Prudent Forename

92,577th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 5,317 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Prudent Forename Definition:

A Latin name, meaning: Foreseeing and sagacious.

Prudent Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo
97%
 
3,0131:24,5031,911
Nigeria
 
86%
8041:220,8519,232
Congo
100%
6121:8,1851,104
Chad
100%
2471:55,0545,059
Belgium
100%
751:153,2014,290
Canada
100%
721:460,18612,513
Benin
100%
651:162,7058,354
France
100%
591:1,126,6168,388
Cameroon
 
74%
561:385,90213,504
Haiti
100%
461:233,19510,010
Uganda
 
63%
391:1,050,17717,920
United States
100%
371:9,798,29799,405
South Africa
 
53%
261:2,097,41061,386
India
100%
261:46,726,076818,939
Jamaica-201:144,1615,419
Central African Republic-91:501,710504
Rwanda
100%
91:1,263,4931,939
Burundi
100%
91:1,100,7291,050
Netherlands
100%
91:1,878,00924,529
Zimbabwe
 
75%
81:1,927,97754,057
Saint Lucia
100%
71:25,4022,434
Philippines
100%
71:15,144,211189,875
Brazil-71:30,605,165257,261
Kenya-71:6,615,30131,578
Argentina
50%
 
61:7,128,87415,663
England
100%
61:9,267,15467,986
Zambia-51:3,170,95926,788
Botswana
100%
41:546,11213,807
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Ivory Coast
100%
31:7,691,97882,363
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528

Prudent (8,966) may also be a surname.

Prudent Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Latin name, meaning: Foreseeing and sagacious.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Prudent Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prudente93750/
Prudents932/
Pruden92126/
Prident86337/
Prodent8614/
Prouden865/
Prudeen861/
Prudnete801/
Prudends801/
Prodient801/
Proden7737/
Prudin7731/
Prudem771/
Prudne771/
Brudentio752/
Prudwanut751/
Bprudin717/
Pruding715/
Prudina714/
Proudin712/
Praudin711/
Pruddin711/
Prodn671/
Phrodenn671/
Prodin6267/
Phrotdin5312/

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