Candace
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning incandescent or glowing white.
Candace by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Candace. In the US, 77 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,851 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Candace. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Candiceglowing, bright, luminous; a form of Candida95 in the US (2017)
- Candycea spelling variant of Candace; possibly white or glowing6 in the US (2017)
- Cadancerhythm or flow; a variant of cadence used as name18 in the US (2017)
- Candiea form of candida, white or pure
- Caydance9 in the US (2017)
- Caidance8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Candace
Names that are said the same way as Candace, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean light
Like Candace, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean white
Like Candace, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Ivorymade of ivory; the hard white material from elephant tusks512 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Candace
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