Given name & surname
Candra
“one who is glowing”
Candra is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is glowing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is glowing.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Candra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,815
- 0 boys · 1,815 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 87 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,636 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.
Candra’s family of names
Candra has a related form in Chandra. In Burmese usage, Candra is a Roman-alphabet rendering of စန္ဒြာ. In Burmese usage, Candra is a transliteration of စန္ဒြာ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
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 Candra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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