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I prefer Candace to Candice, and I think it's really nice. It's classy and adult-sounding. I've only met one of each spelling, and both went by their full names.

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Candy is not really my style. I think it's childish. But if you love it, I would go for it as a nickname. She could always fall back on Candace if she decides she doesn't like it.

I like the look of Candace better. It looks less like a word and more like a name, somehow.

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I think the nn Candy works on a child or adult and is not tacky or stripperish.
It sort of seems like it could be, on paper - it's a name an author might pick for a trashy character. But in real life, Candy is just a name, and it's a fairly nice one. It's sort of like Nick for Nicholas - you'd have to have a pretty bizarre mind to think of a nick when you met a Nick, unless he had a nick-shaped scar on his face or something. I think the same goes for Candy. Unless Candy herself seems to be a stripperish character - then people would be more likely to make a connection with the word and it would seem tacky.

Candace!! With Candice I just see can + dice.

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I really like Candace. It's sort of slick and posh, like Elise, but a lot warmer and more approachable. I use to hate "Candy" with a passion but I've really warmed to it recently. I think it's sweet as a nn. As "childish" as it sounds at first I can actually see it working on someone of any age, in the appropriate settings

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Eta, I've know one Candice (no nickname) and one Candy (who was actually a Cassandra)

This message was edited 2/6/2015, 10:54 AM

I like Candace better, but I think they are both okay. I like Candy as a nickname, and although I think it does sound kind of tacky, it is okay when it is just used among family and friends.

Visually, Candace just looks better to me. It's a pretty name. I also like Candy -- within the family only because I see teasing potential there. Not just teasing potential -- I'd fear people wouldn't take her seriously as an adult. It's the same reason I probably wouldn't use Daisy. OTOH, there is a TV reporter named Candy (Crowley) and it obviously hasn't held her back one bit.

I really, really like Candace (prefer that spelling but it doesn't matter that much) and think it's grown-up and sophisticated. But I really hate the nn Candy. It sounds stripperesque, in a very 1960s or 70s way. It's like a third-rate pulp writer has a stripper character and needs to come up with a name for her, fast, and Candy just seems the most likely one to be chosen. It's cheap, in other words.

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Plus, my aunt and uncle used to have a big three-legged dog named Candy.

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I have known several Candys, most of whom were Candaces, (one was Candisha) but until very recently have never met a Candace who went by the full name.

Definitely Candace and I like that name.

I love Candice. I prefer that spelling to Candace, though not to the point that I hate Candace or anything. I think Candy works fine on an adult, but if it were ever to prove burdensome, the bearer could just decide to go by the full name. The only Candice I've ever known (spelled that way) was always called Candice and never Candy. Candice is not a name that demands a short form, it trips off the tongue as easily as my name does, and I've never had a nickname. The fact that Candice is so similar to my own name, so similar that it would prohibit me from ever using it, and the fact that I love it, makes me wonder if I would love my own name if it weren't mine and it weren't dated.

For everyday use, I prefer Candice. When I see Candace, I pronounce it with three syllables instead of two (KANdasee) and expect it to be a title in the ancient world.

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I was at school with a Candy - Candy Marcia Anne, I think; possibly Mercia - which is very unusual in South Africa. At the start of every year, the teachers used to interrogate her: Was that really her full name? Was she sure? Would she please ask her mother? At that time, schools didn't keep copies of learners' birth certificates on file, which would have solved the problem.

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I liked her more than I liked her name. She was cheerful and feisty, and her blonde hair used to turn green in the swimming season.