Candida

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Gender Feminine
Usage Late Roman, English
Pronounced Pron. KAN-di-də(English)

Meaning & History

Late Latin name derived from candidus meaning "white". This was the name of several early saints, including a woman supposedly healed by Saint Peter. As an English name, it came into use after George Bernard Shaw's play Candida (1898).