Meaning and Origin of: Prue

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Foresight

Girl name variations

Prudence
Prudy
Pru

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old French : Valiant one

Boy name variations

Prewitt
Pruitt
Pruit
Prewet
Prewit

Family 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).