Surname Spotlight: Pruit

In old registers, Pruit often stands in for Pruitt. The family name meaning is “Little valiant one”, the same as for Pruitt.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Pruit family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Pruit and Pruitt

Without the “t” of Pruitt, Pruit is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. You may also find the name written Pruitte, Pruett and Prewitt.

The 2010 census count for Pruit in the United States was 518, good for rank 41,959. For the full story, order the Pruit surname pack.