Candace (given Name)

Candace is a royal title from the Bible, ultimately deriving from the term ''kandake'', a title for a queen or queen mother in the ancient African Kingdom of Kush; also meaning pure and innocent. 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) (b. 1950) (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 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 Introcaso, 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 Owens (born 1989), American commentator and political activist
* Candace Parker (born 1986), an American collegiate basketball player
* Candace Pert (1946-2013), an American neuroscientist
* Candace Robb (born 1950), an English historical novelist
* Candace Savage (born 1949), a Canadian writer
* Candace Smith (b. 1977), 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 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
* Candace Martin, assistant principal
*Candace Bouldin Creative Memories advisor
* Candace () a playable character in Genshin Impact

See also

* Candice, a rarer variant spelling

References

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