Candida (given name)

Candida, Cândida or Cándida is a feminine given name from Latin candidus (white). It may refer to :

• Cándida Arias (born 1992), a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic
• Cândida Branca Flor (1949–2001), a Portuguese entertainer and traditional singer
• Candida Cave, a British artist and writer
• Candida Doyle (born 1963), an Irish keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp
• Candida Lycett Green (born 1942), an Irish-born British author
• Candida Höfer (born 1944), a German photographer
• Candida Moss, English academic and writer, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at University of Notre Dame.
• Candida Royalle, an American pornographic producer-director and former pornographic actress
• Candida Thompson (born 1967), an English violinist
• Candida Tobin (1926–2008), an author of a music education system
• Saint Candida the Elder (died 78 AD), an early Christian saint and resident of Naples, Italy
• Cándida María de Jesús (1845–1912), a Spanish nun
• Maria Candida of the Eucharist (1884–1949), a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun, beatified by Pope John Paul II