Kandis
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
Kandis by the numbers
Its American peak was 135 babies in 1987, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Kandis
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 Kandis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kandis
Names that are said the same way as Kandis, 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)
- Kandaceglittering white; a form of Candace19 in the US (2017)
- Candycea spelling variant of Candace; possibly white or glowing6 in the US (2017)
- Candisa form of candida, white or pure
- Kandice19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kandis
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