The proud Surname
proud Name Meaning and History
English (Northumberland and Durham): nickname for a vain or haughty
man, from Middle English prod, prud ‘proud’ (late Old
English prud, from the oblique form of Old French
proz).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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