Candice
- Pronunciation
- [Can-dice]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Candace - Ancient Hereditary Title Used By Ethiopian Queens.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Candice
Candice is a variant spelling of Candace, which derives from an ancient hereditary title — the Kandake (sometimes rendered Candace) — borne by a succession of queens of the ancient Nubian kingdom of Kush. The name appears in the New Testament in the Acts of the Apostles in reference to an Ethiopian queen's treasurer. Because Candace began as a title or dynastic name rather than a common given name with a clear single-language etymology, and Candice is a modern respelling of that form, the name carries historical and regal connotations more than a straightforward linguistic meaning. It shares the royal-title origin of Candace with no independent ancient etymology beyond that foundation.
Candice first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 1980 and peaked in 1982 at rank #78, a brief high point during the early 1980s when the name and several of its spelling variants were simultaneously popular. It last appeared in the top-1000 in 2003 at rank #920 with 258 births, accumulating more than 21,000 top-1000 births across its twenty-three-year span. Recorded variants include Candace, Candide, Candiss, Candyce, Kandice, Kandis, and Kandyce — a wide family of spelling variations reflecting the diverse ways parents chose to render the same sound on the page.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Candice
US Popularity History (1980–2003)
Annual US births named Candice by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1982 with 3,791 girls named Candice (girl rank #78 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2003, ranked #920 for girls (258 US births). That's 842 places below its 1982 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candace | Candace Was An Ancient Hereditary Title Used By Ethiopian Queens. | Female | English |
| Candide | Bright: Glowing White. Also Sweet. | Female | French |
| Candiss | Candace Was An Ancient Hereditary Title Used By Ethiopian Queens. | Female | English |
| Candyce | Candace Was An Ancient Hereditary Title Used By Ethiopian Queens. | Female | English |
| Kandice | Modern Variant Of Candace - Ancient Hereditary Title Used By Ethiopian Queens. | Female | English |
| Kandis | Modern Variant Of Candace - Ancient Hereditary Title Used By Ethiopian Queens. | Female | English |
| Kandyce | Modern Variant Of Candace - Ancient Hereditary Title Used By Ethiopian Queens. | Female | English |
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Candice against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).