Are there any good baby names that are inspired by types of candy?
One site visitor asked that question about candy-themed baby names. Our response:
Any good names? That all depends on what you consider good, because there really aren’t a lot of candy names that offer any measure of subtlety — you know, that don’t scream, “I AM A CANDY BRAND NAME!”
But before you give up all hope of not being obvious, and just decide to name your firstborn Snickers or Lemonhead, here are a few sweet ideas for baby names or nicknames.
We’ll start with the most basic ones…
- Candy (and variants like Candi, Kandy, Kandi, Kandie)
- Sugar
- Molasses
- Honey (there are actually several names that mean honey)
- Sweets/Sweetie
- Mint/Minti/Minty (Harriet Tubman was nicknamed ‘Minty’)
And then, we present you with 20+ more candy-themed baby names:
- Cocoa (or Coco)
- Anise (the flavor in black licorice)
- Caramel
- Charm
- Chiclet
- Chocolate or Chocolat (French)
- Cinnamon
- Jordan (from Jordan Almonds)
- Jujubee (or Jujube)
- Licorice
- Lolly (or Lollie)
- Marsha (for marshmallow — okay, it’s a stretch… but stretching is what marshmallows do)
- Mike or Ike (from Mike & Ike)
- Necco (for the retro wafers)
- Peppermint (like Peppermint Patty from Peanuts)
- Pez
- Pixy (or Pixie)
- Reese (from Reese’s Pieces and peanut butter cups)
- Ruth (from Baby Ruth)
- Spree
- Taffy (a common Welsh nickname for boys)
- Tootsie (for the pops and the rolls)
Bonus sweet baby name: Vanellope von Schweetz from Wreck-It Ralph
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