Given name & surname
Candido
“one who is white; pure; chaste”
Candido is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is white; pure; chaste.”
Original LatinCandidus
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is white; pure; chaste.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Candido developed from CANDIDUS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Candido through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,087
- 2,087 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,900 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,900 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,831 as a first name in 2020; 1,598 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Candido’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Candido has a diminutive in DIDOY. In Italian usage, Candido developed from the Latin form CANDIDUS. Candido has a related form in Candide.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Candido
- Candido PortinariBrazilian painter (1903–1962)
- Candido CannavòItalian journalist (1930-2009)
- Candido AmantiniItalian Roman Catholic religious, priest, theologian and exorcist (1914-1992)
- Candido del BuonoItalian scientific instrument maker1618–1676
- Candido Da RochaNigerian businessman1860–1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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