It's Latin for white.

It's not that uncommon a name. It wouldn't even raise a concern compared to some on registers I've taken... Candida albicans is so called because it's white, I believe. I knew that microbiology module would come in handy one day.

Posted By: avenging canary on October 4th 2018 at 22:06:42

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One of my kids goes to school with a girl whose parents saw fit to call her Candida (General Chat) - Old Man, Oct 4, 20:17:23
- Candida - big hit for Dawn in 1971... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Oct 4, 22:41:10
- It's Latin for white. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Oct 4, 22:06:42
- The correlation between badly behaved kids in school and poor name choice is strong. (General Chat) - APB, Oct 4, 21:02:46
  - I've always had the impression that kids with unusual names had their heads (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 4, 21:11:46
    - Not necessarily unusual names, but odd ones. (General Chat) - APB, Oct 4, 21:34:42
- Is she sweet, ir is that her sister... Canderel (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Oct 4, 21:00:04
- Classy (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 4, 20:35:59
- have you ever seen "A Touch of Cloth"? (n/m) (General Chat) - earthleakage, Oct 4, 20:21:05
  - No - it's one of the Brooker things I'm going to see sometime (General Chat) - Old Man, Oct 4, 20:21:58
    - it does have relevance to what you said (General Chat) - earthleakage, Oct 4, 20:23:49

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