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Candida?

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Scuff · 18/06/2008 22:16

What do you think?

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schneebly · 16/07/2008 23:30

even reading it, saying makes me feel itchy

themildmanneredjanitor · 16/07/2008 23:28

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LynetteScavo · 16/07/2008 23:27

I knew a Candida, but we called her Candy.

twosofar · 16/07/2008 23:26

My cousin is Candida and I always envied her for having such an interesting, talking-point name. My sister is Annabel and my name is about the most plain, boring 1970's name you can think of. I hated being one of 5 in the class and longed to be unique and special. Obviously now I think of thrush but at the time.....

amandine07 · 14/07/2008 11:32

Oh dear, I know there are people out there who have Candida as a first name but I personally don't like it as it is a fungi, classified as a type of yeast & the connatations are not good!

OneLieIn · 20/06/2008 12:40

thrush (sorry)

Comerscroft · 20/06/2008 12:40

What about 'Candide' which comes from the same root as candida, candle, candid, all meaning white, clear, open, honest, light.

On second thoughts though, in Voltaire's novel 'Candide', Candide is a naive simpleton, always looking for utopia.

Sidge · 19/06/2008 17:47

I have a good story for you about this name!

Back in the early 90s my mum was selling her house, and a woman came to look round who was such a snotty bitch it was untrue. She was so snobby and kept making really scathing remarks about things. My mum was seething, until the woman made a comment along the lines of "oh I see you have a daughter recently graduated from university" (she had seen my graduation photo on the wall).

Mum says yes, and mentions my name which is a really simple name which was common in the early 70s. The woman looks aghast and says "oh, such a plain name, my daughter's name is much more unusual, it's Candida".

So mum says "Well it's probably unusual for a reason, seeing as it's also the name for a fungus that commonly infects one's vagina..."

good one mum!!

greenday · 19/06/2008 17:44

First thought ... STI, thrush ... so, like the rest have said, no no ... don't ..

JulesJules · 19/06/2008 17:36

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ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 19/06/2008 17:31

Just makes me think of thrush, and not the bird variety.

greenelizabeth · 19/06/2008 17:30

HIDEOUS. I can't believe some poor women really have this name.

Claudia?

LuLuBai · 19/06/2008 10:07

Candida Lycett Green - daughter of former poet laureate John Betjemen

How about Hernia or Gonorrhea -just open your medical dictionary for further inspiration. Lots of popular ailments sound like Shakespearian princesses.

ellideb · 19/06/2008 09:38

Candida Crewe, author and recovering anorexic/bulimic.

nailpolish · 19/06/2008 09:31

Candice is nice

BecauseImWorthIt · 19/06/2008 09:30

And her sister, Cystitis

UnquietDad · 19/06/2008 09:22

Candida Doyle

in Pulp

sweetkitty · 19/06/2008 04:57

No no no don't call your precious DD after a yeast that causes thrush

You could go the whole hog and give her the proper latin Candida albicans

olyoly · 19/06/2008 04:50

Oh no! Google it, and you get pages of treatment options.

slim22 · 19/06/2008 03:26

no no no

ManhattanMama · 19/06/2008 02:30

Sounds a bit yeasty to me...

thumbwitch · 19/06/2008 02:05

history of candida
my Latin dictionary has some lovely meanings for candidus/a - shining white, beautiful, brilliant, dazzling. Shame about the fungus nicking the name! There even appears to be a Saint Candida.. ironic really

Weegiemum · 19/06/2008 01:54

btw she is 4 and has a name!!

Weegiemum · 19/06/2008 01:54

Thought we might call our dd2 Mirena cos it was that failure that caused her to be ...

Mirena Candida?

Mirena Chlamydia?

Mirena Ciprofloxacin? (I had to take it a lot when pg for kidney infections? Too health conscious perhaps???)

Bronze · 19/06/2008 00:03

You got there first UQD. Thats who I thought of.