Given name & surname
Kandra
“a shining woman”
Kandra is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a shining woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a shining woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kandra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,340
- 0 boys · 1,340 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 60 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. Its largest published annual count for girls was 60 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,258 as a first name in 2020; 238 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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