Candice

Candice: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “queen mother; royal woman”
Origin: Unknown
Say it: KAN-dis · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Modern form of Candace, from the hereditary title Kandake borne by queens or queen mothers of ancient Kush. Candice is a later spelling variant.

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How popular is Candice?

20248.4 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 Candice in 202428

2024 rank#4,783 girls

Peak year1982

Total US babies since 188068,114

Candice is fading: recent use is about 30% of its level ten years before.

Names like Candice

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Candacequeen mother · Unknown
Candybright white; sweet · English
Kandacequeen mother · Greek
Candibright white · Latin
Kandicewhite, pure · English
Kandisweet; bright white · English
Avauncertain; possibly bird or life · Unknown
Mayauncertain; often illusion or water · Unknown

Candice questions

What does the name Candice mean?

Candice means "queen mother; royal woman". It comes from Unknown. Modern form of Candace, from the hereditary title Kandake borne by queens or queen mothers of ancient Kush. Candice is a later spelling variant.

Is Candice a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Candice?

28 US babies were named Candice in 2024. Its peak year was 1982.

How do you pronounce Candice?

Candice is usually pronounced KAN-dis.

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.