Candace
Candace is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Queen mother; radiant.
What Candace means
Queen mother; radiant.
Candace sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Candace comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Candace is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Candace?
Candace sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Candace
Candace spans scripture and royalty and rule, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Candace
These share Candace's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Elizabeth — Pledged to God; God is my oath.
- Sarah — Princess; noblewoman.
- David — Beloved.
- Stephen — Crown; garland.
- Augusta — Great and venerable.
- Diana — Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.
- Juno — Queen of the heavens.
- Priscilla — Ancient and venerable.
- Victoria — Victory.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Dominic — Belonging to the Lord.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.