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I was reminded of how ancient Candace is the other day: I was in London at the British Museum, and they have a mummy of someone named Cleopatra, who was the daughter of Candace. Thousands of years old! I love that it was a name for ancient queens.

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I like how Candace is so weirdly ancient-modern, and I even like that it has the silly "Candy" nickname. I'm actually developing a fondness for this class of names that have a deep history but also a bimbo side. So stuff like Tiffany, Tamara, Victoria, Deborah, Cassandra, uh.....I can't think of any more, but they are out there!

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Of course, all the Candaces I've known have been awful. Mean Girls. Popular and cruel. Not blonde, interestingly. Candace seems like a "blonde" name to me (well, Candy does). I don't know if any of them spelled Candace "correctly" though. I've known a Kandice, a Kandyce, and a Candice....

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I guess a masculine Candace name would be something similarly ancient-modern-dated. Maybe.....Brian. Although that's not as ancient. Rex? That's an old word that has become sort of cheesy and dated. Oh, Justin! That's quite an old name, you'd never know it.