Candid as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Candid

What is the meaning of the name Candid ?

The baby name Candid is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈkændɪd/ (KAN-did).

Candid is Latin in Origin.

Candid traces to Latin candidus, “gleaming white, pure,” later extended to “sincere, frank,” the source of the English adjective candid. As a personal name, the Latin form Candidus appears in Late Antiquity and early Christian martyrologies, signaling purity of faith and transparent character.

Romance-language descendants kept the name in steady use: French Candide (famously the title character of Voltaire’s satire), Italian Candido, Spanish Cándido, and Portuguese Cândido; the feminine counterpart is Candida/Cândida. The streamlined English form Candid is a modern, very rare, largely gender-neutral choice, typically embraced for its virtue-like sense of openness and honesty while retaining the older imagery of brightness and innocence. Variant forms include Candidus, Candide, Candido, Cándido, Cândido, and Candida; related diminutives in some languages include Candi. Meaning centers on “bright; pure; sincere; open-hearted.”

⚙ Candid is rarely chosen. We count 106 recorded uses of it across 27 countries.