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I love it, but prefer the spelling Candice. Candy is a cute nickname, though not inevitable. It could be used in childhood, but dropped in favor of the full form if the bearer decides that Candy is too childish or sweet. That said, the only Candice I've known was never called Candy.

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The fact that I like Candice so much and that Candice sounds enough like my own name that people on the phone pretty frequently mishear my name as Candice has made me think that if my name weren't my name and if I ran into it when it was newly popular and not dated, I might have liked my own name.