Candace (given name)

Candace is a royal title from the Bible, ultimately deriving from the term kandake, a title for a queen or queen mother in the ancient African Kingdom of Kush; also meaning pure and innocent. In the United States, it was a popular name during the late 1970s, throughout the 1980s, and into the early 1990s.

Candace may refer to:


 * Candace Allen (author) (born 1950) (21st century), a Hollywood screenwriter
 * Candace Allen (beauty queen) (21st century), a Miss District of Columbia USA 2006
 * Candace Bailey (born 1982), an American actress
 * Candace Cameron Bure (born 1976), an American actress
 * Candace Bushnell (born 1958), an American writer
 * Candace Camp (born 1949), a best-selling American writer
 * Candace Charles (born 1990), a Miss Guyana 2007
 * Candace Collins (born 1957), an American model and actress
 * Candace Gingrich (born 1966), an LGBT rights activist
 * Candace Glendenning (born 1953), an English actress
 * Candace Glickman (21st century), a Miss New Hampshire 2003
 * Candace Hilligoss (born 1935), an American actress
 * Candace Introcaso, a President of La Roche College
 * Candace Jones (born 1955), a Canadian figure skater
 * Candace Kita (21st century), an American actress
 * Candace Kroslak (born 1978), an American actress
 * Candace Newmaker (1989–2000), a victim of child abuse
 * Candace O'Connor (born 1950), a freelance writer and editor
 * Candace Otto (21st century), a Miss Pennsylvania 2003
 * Candace Owens (born 1989), American commentator and political activist
 * Candace Parker (born 1986), an American collegiate basketball player
 * Candace Pert (1946–2013), an American neuroscientist
 * Candace Robb (born 1950), an English historical novelist
 * Candace Savage (born 1949), a Canadian writer
 * Candace Talmadge (21st century), a liberal newspaper columnist
 * Candace Vogler (21st century), an American philosopher
 * Candace Wheeler (1827–1923), one of America's first woman interior and textile designers
 * H. Candace Gorman (21st century), an American attorney


 * Fictional characters
 * Candace Barkham, a fictional recurring character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
 * Candace "Caddy" Compson, a fictional character from The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
 * Candace Flynn, Phineas' older sister and Ferb's stepsister from Phineas and Ferb.
 * Candace Southern, a Marvel Comics supporting character
 * Candace Martin, assistant principal
 * Candace Bouldin Creative Memories advisor
 * Candace a playable character in Genshin Impact