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What does Candida mean?
Latin: Means 'bright, glowing' in Latin.. Candida comes from the Latin word 'candidus', meaning 'bright' or 'glowing', often associated with purity.
Is Candida a good dog name?
Not yet rated. Say it out loud a few times in your best across-the-park voice before you commit.
Candida in the Pets in the City community
We don't have publishable popularity figures for Candida in our Auckland community. This does not tell us how common the name is.
From anonymised, aggregated records of dogs at our 5 Auckland centres. Our community, not a national census.
What kind of dog does Candida suit?
Human name
Elegant
Suggestions only — plenty of dogs happily wear names that break every rule.
Our entirely unscientific pack opinion
What the Playgroup Will Assume About Candida
When Candida arrived for breakfast, all the other dogs turned to each other and said, "Well, I knew this would be a bright morning!"