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In all the world, Candid (Candide , Candid , Candidus ) is quite a rare unisex forename. The given name Candid is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but seldom boy's name, Cameroon, where it is a rare feminine name, and France, where it is a rare mostly girly, but uncommonly masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and France. Very seldom, Candid is the last name as well as the forename.
Candid is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Candide , the fictional character from the book 'Candide' by Voltaire and Candide , the musical character in the musical Candide by Leonard Bernstein.