Given name
Cándida
“shining white”
Cándida is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cándida goes back to a word meaning “shining white.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Cándida’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Cándida has a conventional equivalent in the English form Candice. In Spanish usage, Cándida has a related form in Candida. In Spanish usage, Cándida has a conventional equivalent in the French form Candide.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cándida has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cándida
- Cándida Montillaborn 1962
- Cándida LópezSpanish actress1936–2013
- Cándida Martínez LópezSpanish politicianborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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