Kandi

Kandi: name meaning, origin & popularity

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

Kandi is usually a variant spelling of Candy or a pet form of Candace. Candace comes from a hereditary Cushitic royal title, while Candy also evokes the English word.

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How popular is Kandi?

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 Kandi in 20240

Peak year1981

Total US babies since 18805,547

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

Names like Kandi

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Candybright white; sweet · English
Candibright white · Latin
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Averyruler of elves · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English

Kandi questions

What does the name Kandi mean?

Kandi means "sweet; bright white". It comes from English. Kandi is usually a variant spelling of Candy or a pet form of Candace. Candace comes from a hereditary Cushitic royal title, while Candy also evokes the English word.

Is Kandi a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Kandi?

Kandi was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1981.

How do you pronounce Kandi?

Kandi 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.