Candid

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Impartial and free from prejudice

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kændɪd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Candid is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 212K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GHGhana≈1 in 332K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 510K

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.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈420 people, est.

Sources
86 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 212K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Impartial and free from prejudice.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Candid 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 Candid is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈420 est.≈1 in 510K—Candid15
US United States1041 in 3.2M93Candid86
GH Ghana≈88 est.≈1 in 332K—Candid8
CH Switzerland≈40 est.≈1 in 212K—Candid11
PH Philippines≈37 est.≈1 in 3M—Candid8
ES Spain≈23 est.≈1 in 2.2M20—3
MD Moldova21 in 1.7M2——

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; INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); e-services.md — living population register. 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)

Candid is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Philippines, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Càndid, Cândid

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Càndid

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Càndid

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Cândid

30 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Candid is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Romanian, CANDÍD, -Ă, candizi, -de, adj. Plin de candoare; curat, nevinovat, pur, neprihănit.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

170017501800185019001950Candid Huber, b. 1747Candid Hochstrasser, b. 1846Candid Grab, b. 1943

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Candid
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202093#52,900
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—20#26,508
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198214—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202011#52,900
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198010—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19839—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19819—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19799—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19916—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19785—
MD Moldovae-services.md — living population register—2#7,000

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Candid mean, and where does it come from?
Impartial and free from prejudice. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Candid?
In the etymology graph, Candela and Cándido are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Candid?
A machine transcription gives /kændɪd/ (IPA) for English.
Is Candid a male or female name?
Candid is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Candid have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 419 people named Candid in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled candid.
How common is the name Candid?
In the United States, the national register counted 104 people named Candid in 2020, about 1 in 3.2 million residents.

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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, “Candid”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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