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Girl · Spanish (Latin candela)
Candelaria
Say it: kan-deh-LAH-ryah
Meaning
From Candlemas (Spanish Candelaria, from candela 'candle') and the Virgin of Candelaria, patroness of the Canary Islands.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Especially Canarian; its short form Candela has become popular across Spain.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 2,432 babies given this name since 1893
- At its height in 1909, about 1 in 28,900 girls
- 22 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Candela
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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