Prudence
PROO-dens
A virtue name meaning good judgment, wise caution, and practical sense.
Meaning
Prudence comes from Latin *prudentia*, meaning foresight, good judgment, or practical wisdom. In Christian-name tradition it was used as one of the abstract virtue names, alongside Temperance and Patience. The excerpts also show that it was shortened to Pru and used as Prudentia in later centuries.
Origin
Latinfeminine
Fun fact
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Prudence was common enough to be shortened affectionately to Pru.