Kandice

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kandice by the numbers

Kandice was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 298 babies in 1985, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kandice

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kandice. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Kandice

Names that are said the same way as Kandice, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Candiceglowing, bright, luminous; a form of Candida95 in the US (2017)
  • Candaceincandescent or glowing white77 in the US (2017)
  • Candycea spelling variant of Candace; possibly white or glowing6 in the US (2017)
  • Candisa form of candida, white or pure

Names about as common as Kandice

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