Candace is a female given name from the Bible, ultimately deriving from the term kandake, a title for a queen or queen mother in the ancient African Kingdom of Kush. 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 (21st century), a Miss District of Columbia USA 2006
Candace Allen (author) (21st century), a Hollywood screenwriter
Candace Bailey (born 1982), an American actress
Candace Bushnell (born 1958), an American writer
Candace Cameron Bure (born 1976), an American actress
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), a 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 Hutson (21st century), an American actress
Candace Introcaso (21st century), 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 Michelle Brown (born 1968), a Miss Alabama USA 1992
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 Parker (born 1986), an American collegiate basketball player
Candace Pert (born 1946), an American neuroscientist
Candace Robb (born 1950), an English historical novelist
Candace Savage (born 1949), a Canadian writer
Candace Smith (21st century), an American actress, model and beauty queen
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 Allard-Liao, a fictional character in the BattleTech science-fiction universe.
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
