Given name & surname
Kande
“the firstborn daughter”
Kande is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “the firstborn daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “the firstborn daughter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kande through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 0 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 8 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 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020; 228 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.
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