Càndy

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Càndy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 86th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) fro.

rarermore common
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 533(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 3.6K
  • USUnited States1 in 14K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈320,000 people, est.

Sources
453 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 533 (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Candy in US United States, PH Philippines, VN Vietnam and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Càndy: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Càndy
  1. Middle Englishsugre(measured from records)
  2. Old Frenchsucre(measured from records)
  3. Arabicسُكَّر(measured from records)
  4. Arabicقَنْدqand“rock candy”(measured from records)
  5. Persianکندkand(measured from records)
  6. Sanskritखण्डkhaṇḍa“piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”(measured from records)
  7. Proto-Dravidian*kaṇṭu(measured from records)

From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”).

Sources 3

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Càndy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Càndy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈320,000 est.≈1 in 4.4K—Candy38
US United States—24,3051 in 14K24KCandy453
HK Hong Kong#86≈14,000 est.≈1 in 533—Candy64
VN Vietnam#523≈6,500 est.≈1 in 15K—Candy43
PH Philippines—≈6,200 est.≈1 in 17K—Candy86
PE Peru—≈4,700 est.≈1 in 6.9K—Candy32
SG Singapore#358≈1,700 est.≈1 in 3.6K—Candy77
CR Costa Rica—7101 in 7.2K710——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Càndy is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Hong Kong, Spain

    Also written Candy, Cándy, Cândy, Ćandy

  • Hebrew surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Hungary

    Also written קנדי, Kennedy, Candy, Kandy, קאנדי

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Càndy under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Càndy mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) fro… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
Is Càndy a male or female name?
Càndy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Càndy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 316 thousand people named Càndy in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled candy.
How common is the name Càndy?
In the United States, the national register counted 24,305 people named Càndy in 2020, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
How common is Càndy compared with other names?
In Hong Kong, Càndy is the 86th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Càndy” — the 86th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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