Prudencia

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Prudencia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: caution, care, prudence.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 29K
  • ESSpain1 in 29K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,700 people, est.

Sources
68 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

caution, care, prudence

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Prudencia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Prudencia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈3,700 est.≈1 in 29K—Prudencia12
PE Peru—≈2,500 est.≈1 in 13K—Prudencia23
ES Spain—1,6981 in 29K1.9KPrudencia47
AR Argentina—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 36K3Prudencia28
CM Cameroon—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 26K1—2
BO Bolivia—≈530 est.≈1 in 22K—Prudencia14
HN Honduras—≈330 est.≈1 in 28K—Prudencia5
UY Uruguay#625601 in 56K60Prudencia8

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Assemblee Nationale du Cameroun — sitting-MP roster, 10eme legislature (2020-2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Prudencia is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Prudência

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Cameroon

    Also written Prudência

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Prudência

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Prudencia is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • a la Purificación de la Virgen María

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 33 sources across 20 countries.

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Prudencia mean, and where does it come from?
caution, care, prudence Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Prudencia a male or female name?
Prudencia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Prudencia have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named Prudencia in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled prudencia.
How common is the name Prudencia?
In Spain, the national register counted 1,698 people named Prudencia, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
How common is Prudencia compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Prudencia is the 625th most common given name of 12,212 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Prudencia” — the 625th most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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