Prudence

[Picknickers]

A woman from my antenatal class has named her baby Prudence. I can't decide if I like it or not! What do you think?

Love it. But i love charmed.

Such a Dear name. I love it :-)

Love!

Love it.

Has Prude in it. Don't like it at all.

I like it.

I think it’s nice but it does make me sing the song ‘dear prudence’ in my head

Another charmed fan here. I love it. Prudence is quirky but still feminine plus Pru is a lovely nickname

Not a fan personally. Makes me think of being “prudish” which is a weird association for a child’s name to me!

Love I

Please, no.

Haven't you already got a thread about this name, or maybe it was another poster?

Anyway, same answer from me - I sort of like it.

Awful. Ugly, old fashioned name. Would you really want to go through life being called Prudence?!

I like the idea of it but not sure if I actually like the name, if that makes any sense!.

Like it, not love it

Not keen. I'd use it in a story, if I was writing a story which I'm not, but not irl.

Well there is the Beatles song 'Dear Prudence' later covered by Siouxsie and the Banshees, so that's a pleasant association, but I still don't like it much. For some reason it just seems kind of a wrinkly name really. * There are nicer 'virtue' names, like Faith, Honor, Hope, Clemency.

• Realised the wrinkly association is probably from prunes, may be getting mixed up with Prunella (which Prudence is nicer than I admit). Still prudence is not the most exciting quality is it? Remember when Gordon Brown used to drag it out in all his budget speeches?

The song was written about Mia Farrow's sister. It was when the Beatles were in India with the Maharishi. I think George Harrison had a bit of a thing about her.

I'm not sure how I feel about it either. The intelligence and excellence associated with it is really positive. But the "prude" in the the name is what many people hear.

I love Pru as a nickname.

But I don't like Prudence.

Really not nice. It has prude in it for a start and I’m not keen on virtue names overall. Pru is also an awful nickname on so many levels.

I think it's horrible.

Horrible.

When I hear Pru I always think of Pupil Referral Unit. Like a previous poster, I like the idea of it but not the reality. It looks nicer than it sounds.

Love pru, hate prudence!