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Prudence (female)

Diminutive(s):Pru (F) Prue (F)
Masculine form:Prudencio (M) Prudenzio (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English, from Latin "provident". Popular in Britain from Puritan times as a "virtue name".
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