Where is Candace from?

My guess is...

Canada

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49%

United States

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33%

South Africa

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15%

I'm 98% certain Candace is Female.

According to a dataset of 415, the average Candace is around 64 years old.


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Learn about the name Candace

Meaning of the name Candace

From the hereditary title of the queens of Ethiopia, as mentioned in Acts in the New Testament. It is apparently derived from Cushitic kdke meaning "queen mother". In some versions of the Bible it is spelled Kandake , reflecting the Greek spelling Κανδάκη. It was used as a given name by the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 20th century by a character in the 1942 movie Meet the Stewarts [1].

Characteristics of the name Candace

OriginsEnglish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
PronouncedKAN-dis(English)
GenderFeminine
Traitsnatural, refined, serious, classic, formal, upper class, strange, wholesome

How do we know this about Candace

(and is it secret spies?)

We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.