as a Last Name
- 1,159
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Candido
Meaning & Origins
Portuguese (Cândido) and Italian: from Portuguese cândido, Italian candito ‘(shining) white’ (Latin candidus, a derivative of candere ‘to be white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair. The word also came to mean ‘innocent’, ‘simple’, and the surname may often originally have had this sense.
| 20,642nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Candelaria, Candelario, Candler, Candela, Candia, Candy, Candee, Candella, Candelas, Canda
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,159
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Connecticut
- has the most people named Candido per capita
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