Given name
Candice
“a queen”·“one who is white and glowing”
In English use, Candice has a related form in Candace. Interpretations include “a queen” and “one who is white and glowing”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Candice has a related form in Candace. Interpretations include “a queen” and “one who is white and glowing”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Candice has a related form in Candace. An origin associated with Candace is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Candice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68,139
- 155 boys · 67,984 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 3,810 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,125 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −65%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,125 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 65.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,791 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 59,920 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Candice’s family of names
In English usage, Candice has an affectionate form in Candy. In English usage, Candice has a related form in Candace. Candice has a short form in Candy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Candice has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Candice
- Candice BergenAmerican actress (born 1946)
- Candice KingAmerican actress and singerborn 1987
- Candice SwanepoelSouth African modelborn 1988
- Candice PattonAmerican actressborn 1985
- Candice NightAmerican musicianborn 1971
- Candice MichelleAmerican model, actress and professional wrestlerborn 1978
- Candice BoucherSouth African modelborn 1983
- Candice GloverAmerican singerborn 1989
- Candice DupreeAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Candice, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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