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Kandace

Kandace: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“queen mother”
Origin
Greek
Say it
KAN-dis · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Kandace is a spelling variant of Candace. Candace comes through Greek and Latin from the hereditary title Kandake, used by queens or queen mothers of ancient Kush.

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How popular is Kandace?

20241.8 per million US babies
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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.

Babies named Kandace in 20246

Peak year1988

Total US babies since 18806,315

Kandace is fading: recent use is about 44% of its level ten years before.

Names like Kandace

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Candacequeen mother · Unknown
  • Candicequeen mother; royal woman · Unknown
  • Candybright white; sweet · English
  • Candibright white · Latin
  • Kandisweet; bright white · English
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek
  • Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek

Kandace questions

What does the name Kandace mean?

Kandace means "queen mother". It comes from Greek. Kandace is a spelling variant of Candace. Candace comes through Greek and Latin from the hereditary title Kandake, used by queens or queen mothers of ancient Kush.

Is Kandace a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Kandace?

6 US babies were named Kandace in 2024. Its peak year was 1988.

How do you pronounce Kandace?

Kandace 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.