Entry № 1743 · Other origin

Candela Candela — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kahn-DEH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Candle (Spanish + Candelaria + flamenco)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "candle (spanish + candelaria + flamenco)".

Candela is a girls' name meaning candle (spanish + candelaria + flamenco).

Candle (Spanish + Candelaria + flamenco).

The name in its native script.

Candela
Transliteration
Candela
Pronunciation
/ kænˈdɛ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Candela stands.

Candela does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Candelas before her.

Real people

In fiction
La Virgen de la Candelaria
Our Lady of the Candles + Marian apparition Tenerife + patron of Canary Islands + Colombia + Bolivia + Peru + Philippines + Candlemas Luke 2:22-39
Spanish Catholic

Names connected to Candela.

The number behind Candela.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Candela reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.