Given name
Kandace
“a queen”·“one who is white and glowing”
Kandace is a form of 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
Kandace is a form of 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
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Kandace is used as a form of Candace.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kandace through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,323
- 0 boys · 6,323 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 279 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,522 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,522 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 40.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 279 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,354 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.
Kandace’s family of names
Kandace is a form of Candace. Kandace has a related form in Kandice. Kandace has a related form in Kandi.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kandyvariant
- Kandievariant
- Kandysvariant
- Kandycevariant
- Kandissvariant
- Kandisvariant
- Kandicevariant
- Kandivariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kandace
- Kandace KruegerAmerican beauty pageant contestantborn 1976
- Kandace SpringsAmerican jazz and soul singer and pianistborn 1989
- Kandace WilsonAmerican soccer playerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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