Given name & surname
Kandis
“a queen”·“one who is white and glowing”
Kandis connects to the Candace name family through Kandace. Interpretations include “a queen” and “one who is white and glowing”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kandis connects to the Candace name family through Kandace. 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
Kandis connects to the Candace name family through Kandace. 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 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kandis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,727
- 0 boys · 2,727 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 135 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 9 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 135 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,331 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.
Kandis’s family of names
Kandis has a related form in Kandace. In Greek usage, Kandis as a surname is a transliteration of Κανδής.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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