Candace

A female given name: from a Greek word meaning “glowing.”.

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Candace is a female given name from the Bible, ultimately deriving from the term kandake, a title for a queen or queen mother in the ancient African Kingdom of Kush. In the United States, it was a popular name during the late 1970s, throughout the 1980s, and into the early 1990s.
Candace may refer to:
Candace Allen (author) (21st century), a Hollywood screenwriter
Candace Allen (beauty queen) (21st century), a Miss District of Columbia USA 2006
Candace Bailey (born 1982), an American actress
Candace Michelle Brown (born 1968), a Miss Alabama USA 1992
Candace Cameron Bure (born 1976), an American actress
Candace Bushnell (born 1958), an American writer
Candace Camp (born 1949), a best-selling American writer
Candace Charles (born 1990), a Miss Guyana 2007
Candace Collins (born 1957), an American model and actress
Candace Gingrich (born 1966), a LGBT rights activist
Candace Glendenning (born 1953), an English actress
Candace Glickman (21st century), a Miss New Hampshire 2003
Candace Hilligoss (born 1935), an American actress
Candace Hutson (21st century), an American actress
Candace Introcaso (21st century), a President of La Roche College
Candace Jones (born 1955), a Canadian figure skater
Candace Kita (21st century), an American actress
Candace Kroslak (born 1978), an American actress
Candace Newmaker (1989–2000), a victim of child abuse
Candace O'Connor (born 1950), a freelance writer and editor
Candace Otto (21st century), a Miss Pennsylvania 2003
Candace Parker (born 1986), an American collegiate basketball player
Candace Pert (born 1946), an American neuroscientist
Candace Robb (born 1950), an English historical novelist
Candace Savage (born 1949), a Canadian writer
Candace Smith (21st century), an American actress, model and beauty queen
Candace Talmadge (21st century), a liberal newspaper columnist
Candace Vogler (21st century), an American philosopher
Candace Wheeler (1827–1923), one of America's first woman interior and textile designers
H. Candace Gorman (21st century), an American attorney
Fictional characters
Candace Allard-Liao, a fictional character in the BattleTech science-fiction universe.
Candace Barkham, a fictional recurring character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Candace "Caddy" Compson, a fictional character from The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Candace Flynn, Phineas' older sister and Ferb's stepsister from Phineas and Ferb.
Candace Southern, a Marvel Comics supporting character

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Latin origin, means: clarity, whiteness, shining. From a Nubian word, means: queen mother.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Candace Cameron Bure	1976	Actress, producer
2	Candace Parker	1986	Basketball player
3	Candace Bushnell	1958	American author
4	Candace Newmaker	1989	American child abuse victim
5	Candace Bailey	1982	American actress and television personality
6	Candace Hutson	1980	American actress
7	Candace Flynn
8	Candace Nelson	1974	Pastry chef and judge on the television series Cupcake War
9	Candace Kroslak	1978	American actress
10	Candace Hill	1999	American athletics competitor
11	Candace Smith	1977	American model
12	Candace Hilligoss	1935	American actress
13	Candace Pert	1946	American neuroscientist
14	Candace Kita	1980	American actress and model
15	Candace Gingrich-Jones	1966	American activist
16	Candace Glendenning	1953	British actress
17	Candace Camp	1949	Romance novelist
18	Candace of Meroë		Queen of Kush
19	Candace Allen	1950	American author
20	Candace Wheeler	1827	American interior designer
21	Candace Marie	1985	American actress
22	Candace Robb	1950	American writer of historical fiction
23	Candace Jones	1955	Figure skater
24	Candace Brown	1980	American actress
25	Candace Whitaker	1980	American basketball coach
26	Candace Elaine	1972	Canadian actress
27	Candace Chapman	1983	Association football player
28	Candace Crawford	1994	Canadian alpine skier
29	Candace Fleming	1962	American children's writer
30	Candace Vogler		Philosopher
31	Candace Whittemore Lovely	1953	Painter
32	Candace Otto	1980	American model
33	Candace Michelle Brown	1968	Miss Alabama USA 1992, 1st runner-up to Miss USA 1992
34	Candace Savage	1949	Canadian nature and science writer
35	Candace Kucsulain	1980	American vocalist
36	Candace Glickman	1982	American model
37	Candace Dempsey		Journalist
38	Candace O'Connor	1950	American writer
39	Candace Barley	1991
40	Candace Johnson	1993
41	Gratien Candace	1873	Guadeloupean politician
42	Candace Charles	1990	Guyanese beauty pageant contestant
43	Candace Lee	1984
44	Candace S. Greene
45	Candace Introcaso		American university president
46	Candace A. Yano		American social researcher
47	Candace Kirby	1979	American writer
48	Candace Hill-Montgomery
49	Candace Von	1984	American pornographic actress
50	Candace Slater	1948
51	Candace McNamee	1980	American volleyball player