First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: Foresight
- Old French: Valiant one
First name variations: Prudy, Pru, Prudence, Pruitt, Pruit, Prewet, Prewit, Prewitt, Prewitt Last name origins & meanings:
- English: nickname for a redoubtable warrior, from Middle
English prou(s) ‘brave’, ‘valiant’ (Old French proux,
preux).
- Americanized spelling of French Prou
(see Proulx).
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