Candi

Candi: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “bright white”
Origin: Latin
Say it: KAN-dee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually a variant of Candy or Candie, often used as a pet form of Candace or Candace-derived names. It can also be influenced by the English word candy.

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How popular is Candi?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Candi in 20240

Peak year1980

Total US babies since 18807,356

Candi was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Candi

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Candybright white; sweet · English
Kandisweet; bright white · English
Camilayoung ceremonial attendant · Latin
Lunamoon · Latin
Auroradawn · Latin
Emilyrival · Latin
Norahonor · Latin
Lucylight · Latin

Candi questions

What does the name Candi mean?

Candi means "bright white". It comes from Latin. Usually a variant of Candy or Candie, often used as a pet form of Candace or Candace-derived names. It can also be influenced by the English word candy.

Is Candi a boy or girl name?

Candi is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Candi?

Candi was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1980.

How do you pronounce Candi?

Candi is usually pronounced KAN-dee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.