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Please add to or correct the information provided by other members of the Nameberry community. It often attracted comments from adults like "why would anyone call their daughter that" - in front of me, yet I never had any issues from other children over it, maybe the occasional 'Poo' comment which never bothered me. I never saw the show with this name or have listened to dear prudence, so for me I hear this name and envision prunes + puritans + prudes. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account. But you don't need to trawl through long lists of baby names any more! Asset: Sweet nickname Pru/Prue. It's not my favorite name, but it's something I've always felt like it was supposed to be my name. My future husband will have to do A LOT of persuading to try to win me round to not using this name. I had a really hard time warming up to it until he suggested a nn Rudi (or Rudy) for a girl. For example, John and Mary are common names for a brother and sister.

The White Album Beatles song Dear Prudence was written for Prudence Farrow, sister of Mia, who was with them in India when studying with the Marahishi Mahesh Yogi, seeking enlightenment.

But you don't need to trawl through long lists of baby names any more! Prudence doesn't mean cautiousness, necessarily. It's a name site... people have opinions. Prew,

One notable historic bearer is Prudence Crandall, a 19th century Quaker schoolteacher who stirred controversy by admitting an African-American student. Please, explain to me what makes a name feminine and why.

This is probably the only name we can actually agree on ^-^.

I like it.

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My baby girl is going to be named Prudence , my dad used to sing me the song when I was a baby and I had this picked out since i was 12. thought it would be really sweet to have her grandpa sing her that song too.

I love this satay confident girls name.

It was the form of a diary about a girl named Prudence who was occasionally called Pru. It means the wisdom or right judgment to choose the best action in tough situations. I wish I was brave enough to use it, but DH would never agree :(. After all in growing up and to this very day any time my name is called I am the only one that answers! If you enter John into Magic Baby Names, Mary will appear as a suggestion.

Click the ♡ next to a name to add it to your favorites. – I'm not sure how well it would work as an adult though, maybe switch to nn Pru then?

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(・w・), hey my middle name is prudence do you have a problem about a name that's not even yours? Simply enter names you like and let this genius technology inspire you to find the perfect name.

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Children are far more open minded and less critical of names than adults who seem to feel it's perfectly acceptable to openly criticise something out of s child's control. My husband loved the name Prudence as a Beatles fan. The name Prudence is a girl's name meaning "caution". Prudenzia, We're excited that you have an opinion about the name Prudence. I was able to use this very same excuse for all three of my children to gain the upper hand in choosing a unique name for our baby.

I also am a Prudence, and I as well as a child did not like having a name as rare as this one is. So glad it's girl's name of the day! I was looking for names from around the 17th century (for a class simulation) and this was perfect!!! Whenever I think of Prudence I think of a stick up girl who thinks very highly of herself, also I think of prunes. well dang. Click a name to browse or + to add it to the search list.

Prudie, If you didn't find an alternative name that you like better than Prudence, try our name generator. Prudy, Prudencia Cautiousness is good, but it's not on the same level as Verity, Charity, Mercy, Grace, etc. I could say the same for Mildred.

Prudi, These 16 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Prudence. Now, I love my name and wear it with pride, especially Prudence. I love that it's a virtue name and the nickname Prue is adorable. I go by Prudence online.