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Today's name of the day is Candelaria. WDYT?
I'm not Hispanic and don't speak Spanish at all (other than a few words / greetings), but I grew up with a large Hispanic community and still have never encountered this name. I'm guessing it's considered old-fashioned, but I'd love to encounter this in the wild - I find it very mellifluous. And if people still use Candace / Candice / Candis (mostly for the Candy nickname, in my experience), then I see no reason why Candelaria shouldn't get some real life usage.
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I'm not Hispanic and don't speak Spanish at all (other than a few words / greetings), but I grew up with a large Hispanic community and still have never encountered this name. I'm guessing it's considered old-fashioned, but I'd love to encounter this in the wild - I find it very mellifluous. And if people still use Candace / Candice / Candis (mostly for the Candy nickname, in my experience), then I see no reason why Candelaria shouldn't get some real life usage.
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I like it as a guilty pleasure, but feel it’s too strange and too much like the word candelabra.
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I'm completely unfamiliar with it. And at first glance it made me think of the sort of cactus that has tall flower spikes resembling branching candlesticks, which is nice. Then I looked it up and found it is actually a kind of yellow lichen! All plants have their dignity, but I'd rather be named after something more ... interesting? Sophisticated? Floral? Not sure; but I wouldn't choose Candelaria.
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It looks like a name I would like, but I really don't. I think of the word "candelabra."
I have only seen/heard of this name on older women so I think you are right about it being old-fashioned.
I have only seen/heard of this name on older women so I think you are right about it being old-fashioned.
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I would love to meet or hear of a real life Candelaria. I also like Candela as a nn or on its own. Del or Della could also be cute as a nn.
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I like it and I don't like it. It begins with C, it's long, it ends in "ia" which are all pluses to me, and it has a certain elegance. But I don't like it because that word "candle" is right there.
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I love it! I also like Candela and generally like holidays as names.
But I've posted about it here before; I think once a native Spanish speaker commented that it was weird, and...I'm not sure I'd actually name someone Candlemas, even if I don't think Christmas is that bad...
But I've posted about it here before; I think once a native Spanish speaker commented that it was weird, and...I'm not sure I'd actually name someone Candlemas, even if I don't think Christmas is that bad...
This message was edited 6/13/2020, 2:04 PM
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I don't like it, too much
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Honestly? Candelaria looks ridiculously overdone. I much prefer Candace.
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I have an older cousin named Candelario (nn 'Candi') and love it. I enjoy Candelaria the same but it feels too lengthy to use these days.
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