Cannie

August 11, 2014 § 1 Comment

ORIGIN:
Diminutive of “Candace“.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Candace, Candice, Candis, Candi, Candie, Candy, Candyce, Kandace, Kandice, Kandis, Kandi, Kandie, Kandy, Kandyce, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Cannie (Candance) Arden, the “little country girl” of the title, in A Little Country Girl (1885), by Susan Coolidge.

Tagged: 1880s, C, English

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