Candida can have various meanings:

• Candida is a genus of yeasts.
• In Latin, candidus, candida means clear and white, with the whiteness of pure quartz rather than the whiteness of chalk (albus).
• Candida was the name of the clear-thinking, outspoken, and candid eponymous heroine of George Bernard Shaw's 1895 play poking fun at well-meaning socialist reformers in the Church of England.
• Candida is a commune in the province of Avellino in southern Italy.
• "Candida" was also the name of a 1970 song performed by Tony Orlando and Dawn; the song appears on their album Candida.

See also

• Candide (1759) is a satirical novel by French writer Voltaire.