Çandy
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Çandy is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States 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.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 530(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 3.6K
- PEPeru≈1 in 6.9Kfew records
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 453 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 533 (inferred from the name graph)
24,305 people, 2020
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Candy in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 5 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)- Middle Englishsugre(measured from records)
- Old Frenchsucre(measured from records)
- Arabicسُكَّر(measured from records)
- Arabicقَنْدqand“rock candy”(measured from records)
- Persianکندkand(measured from records)
- Sanskritखण्डkhaṇḍa“piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”(measured from records)
- 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”).
Cited for this meaning 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Çandy 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 24,305 | 1 in 14K | 24K | Candy | 453 |
| HK Hong Kong | #86 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 533 | — | Candy | 64 |
| VN Vietnam | #523 | ≈6,500 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Candy | 43 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Candy | 86 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Candy | 146 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Candy | 32 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Candy | 57 |
| SG Singapore | #358 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Candy | 77 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 710 | 1 in 7.2K | 710 | — | — |
24,305 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Çandy 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 Çandy a male or female name?
- Çandy 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 Çandy have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 24 thousand people named Çandy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled candy.
- How common is the name Çandy?
- In the United States, the national register counted 24,305 people named Çandy in 2020, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
- How common is Çandy compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Çandy 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, “Çandy” — the 86th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.