Providence
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning divine foresight, divine care.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Providence by the numbers
Providence was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Providence. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Prudenceprudence, wisdom, discretion95 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Providence, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Providence
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