Given name
Prudencia
“one who is cautious and exercises good judgment”
Prudencia is a variant of Prudence. One English interpretation is “one who is cautious and exercises good judgment.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Prudencia is a variant of Prudence. One English interpretation is “one who is cautious and exercises good judgment.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Prudencia is a variant of Prudence. An origin associated with Prudence is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Prudencia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 0 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1941. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 485 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Prudencia’s family of names
Prudencia has a related form in Prudence.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Prudencia
- Prudencia AyalaSalvadoran author and social activist (1885–1936)1886–1936
- Prudencia GrifellSpanish actress and comedian (1876–1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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