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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Latin: Foresight
  2. Old French: Valiant one

First name variations: Prudy, Pru, Prudence, Pruitt, Pruit, Prewet, Prewit, Prewitt, Prewitt

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: nickname for a redoubtable warrior, from Middle English prou(s) ‘brave’, ‘valiant’ (Old French proux, preux).
  2. Americanized spelling of French Prou (see Proulx).