Candy

Where Candy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Candy.

  • Vowel-ended
Candy through the years
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Candy Clark born
    American film and television actress
  3. 1969
    Candy Dulfer born
    Dutch saxophonist and singer
  4. 1969
    Peak, #278
    1,015 babies named Candy, its best rank.
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #409.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Candy Dulfer · Dutch saxophonist and singer, born 1969
  • Candy Clark · American film and television actress, born 1947
  • Candy Barr · American pornographic actress, stripper, 1935–2005
  • Candy Reynolds · American tennis player, born 1955
  • Candy Bauer · German bobsledder, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.