Last name origin & meaning: French (Prud’homme) and English (of Norman origin): nickname
from Old French prud’homme ‘wise’, ‘sensible man’, a cliché
term of approbation from the chivalric romances. It is a compound of
Old French proz, prod ‘good’, with the vowel influenced
by crossing with prudent ‘wise’ + homme ‘man’. This name appears in the following lists:
Alliterative Names
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