Candida is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “shining white.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 girls in 2000.
Candida belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “shining white” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Candida first appears in Social Security records in 1900. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #686 in 1971, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 3,580 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Candida means “shining white” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Candida is a girl name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2000.
Candida comes from the Spanish tradition.
Candida first appears in US records in 1900. Its best-ever ranking was #686 in 1971, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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