Prunella (given name)

Prunella is a feminine given name. The name is derived from the Latin for plum.^{[citation needed]}

Prunella

Gender	feminine
Origin
Meaning	plum
Other names
Nicknames	Pru, Prue
Derived	Latin

The usual diminutive or short form is Pru or Prue. These may also be short for the unrelated name Prudence.

People

• Prunella Briance (1926–2017), British founder of the National Childbirth Trust
• Prunella Clough (1919–1999), British artist
• Prunella Fraser (died 2016), British architectural historian, writer, and archivist
• Prunella Gee (born 1950), English counsellor, therapist and former actress
• Prunella Ransome (1943–2002), English actress
• Prunella Scales (born 1932), British actress
• Prunella Stack (1914–2010), British fitness pioneer and women's rights activist

Fictional characters

• Prunella Deegan, a child in the children's book and the animated television series Arthur
• Prunella, the title character in the Italian fairy tale "Prunella"
• Prunella Gentleman, heroine of the novel Sorcerer of the Crown by Zen Cho

See also

• Prunella (disambiguation)