Candida, Cândida or Cándida is a feminine given name from Latin ''candidus'' (white).
Behind the Name
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* Cándida Arias (born 1992), Dominican Republic volleyball player
* Cândida Branca Flor (1949–2001), Portuguese entertainer and traditional singer
* Candida Cave
Candida Cave is a practising painter, playwright and art historian. In 1978, she and artist Nicholas Cochrane founded Hampstead Hampstead Fine Arts College, an independent sixth form college specialising in the study of Arts and Humanities, whe ...
, British artist and writer
* Candida Donadio
Candida Donadio (October 22, 1929 - January 20, 2001) was an American literary agent. She represented many writers, including postmodern novelists Joseph Heller, William Gaddis, and Thomas Pynchon.
And Cormac McCarthy:
McCarthy goes on to tell ...
(1929-2001), American literary agent
* Candida Doyle
Candida Mary Doyle (born 25 August 1963) is an English musician who is keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp, which she joined in 1984. She joined her brother, drummer Magnus Doyle in the line-up replacing the prev ...
(born 1963), Irish keyboard player with the band Pulp
* Candida Gertler
Candida Gertler (born 1966/1967) is a British/German art collector, philanthropist, and former journalist.
Early life
She was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. She studied journalism and law.
Career
In 20 ...
(born 1966/67), British art collector
* Candida Lycett Green
Candida Rose Lycett Green (née Betjeman; 22 September 194219 August 2014) was a British author who wrote sixteen books including ''English Cottages'', ''Goodbye London'', ''The Perfect English House'', ''Over the Hills and Far Away'' and ''The ...
(born 1942), Irish-born British author
* Candida Höfer
Candida Höfer (born 4 February 1944) is a German photographer. She is a former student of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Like other Becher students, Höfer's work is known for technical perfection and a strictly conceptual approach. From 1997 to 2000, ...
(born 1944), German photographer
* Candida Royalle
Candida Royalle (born Candice Marion Vadala; October 15, 1950 – September 7, 2015) was an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography, pornographic actress, sex educator, and sex-positive feminist. She was a member of the XR ...
, American pornographic producer-director and actress
* Candida Thompson
Candida Thompson is a British violinist.
Biography
Thompson was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She has been living in Amsterdam since 1992. She studied with David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she received he ...
(born 1967), English violinist
* Candida Tobin
Candida Tobin Hon FTCL, LTCL (5 January 1926 – 14 December 2008) was the author of the Tobin Method, a music education system for teaching music theory and practice to students of all ages and abilities.
Personal life
Tobin was born Doreen ...
(1926–2008), author of a music education system
* Saint Candida the Elder
Saint Candida the Elder ( it, Candida la Vecchia) (died 78 AD) was a supposed early Christian saint and resident of Naples, Italy.
According to her legend, Candida was an elderly woman who hospitably welcomed Saint Peter the Apostle, when he wa ...
(died 78 AD), early Christian saint from Naples
* Cándida María de Jesús (1845–1912), Spanish nun
* Maria Candida of the Eucharist
Maria Candida of the Eucharist (16 January 1884 – 12 June 1949) - born Maria Barba - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Discalced Carmelites. Barba desired to become a professed religious in her adolescence but her pare ...
(1884–1949), Roman Catholic Carmelite nun, beatified by Pope John Paul II
* Candida Xu
Candida Xu or Candida Su ( zh, t=許徐甘弟大, w=Hsü3-Hsü2 Kan1-ti4-ta4, p=Xǔ-Xú Gāndìdà; September 4, 1607 – July 24, 1680), was a Chinese Catholic. She has been called "arguably the most influential Chinese Christian woman of the sev ...
(1607-1680), Chinese Catholic and philanthropist
References
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Latin feminine given names