Prudence
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning prudence, wisdom, discretion.
Babies a year
95
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3333
7 babies
Prudence by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Prudence. In the US, 95 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 140 babies in 1943, making it a 1940s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Prudence. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Patiencethe virtue of patience, forbearance177 in the US (2017)
- Providencedivine foresight, divine care6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Prudence, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Prudence
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