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India

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herhonesty · 30/09/2012 09:17

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rowingdowntheriver · 02/10/2012 04:15

I think it is a really pretty name.

PickledFanjoCat · 01/10/2012 22:35

Grin a passage to India.

ZZZenAgain · 01/10/2012 20:42

I don't think of it as a posh name. I quite like it.

scottishmummy · 01/10/2012 20:39

snigger at Mountbatten
filthy in an o'err mussus way
entering India indeed

babysaurus · 01/10/2012 20:36

I like it but wouldn't use it as a very good friend went out with an India. Another mutual friend then kept referring to him as Mountbatten ('entering India' etc etc.)
Sorry!
Otherwise, yes I guess it is a bit posh but it is lovely.

Hullygully · 01/10/2012 20:35

I prefer Brussels-Mae or Malawi-Kayleigh

scottishmummy · 01/10/2012 20:31

I really don't associate India as beautiful,classy,elegant name
at all
I think try too hard,mc ok yah types

bethjoanne · 01/10/2012 20:28

beautiful. very classy and elegant.

PickledFanjoCat · 01/10/2012 09:39

My ds would be Malta. Hmm.

OhSiena · 01/10/2012 09:35

It's pretty but I think will date with her.

I think it's ridiculous to suggest you can/should only name her this if you've been there or had a connection with the country.

I didn't realise children's names were a way of identify people's holidays destinations or I would have called mine Corfu and Marjorca.

OhDearSpareHeadTwo · 01/10/2012 09:33

makes me think of this

It's very "county set"

jaffacakehips · 01/10/2012 09:28

What's wrong with posh?

OP: If you like it, use it. FWIW, I love it.

MadamGazelleIsMyMum · 01/10/2012 09:15

We very nearly named DD India because we loved it so much, but comments like some of those appearing on this thread put us off and we went with something else.

If you love it, that's all that matters. Just think about how it will be shortened/nicknamed - seems to me all kids end up with some kind of one syllable version of their name!

Beanbagz · 01/10/2012 09:13

Lovely name and it's unusual but you don't have to spell it out!

PickledFanjoCat · 01/10/2012 09:13

I know one, mum welsh dad Indian.

birdofthenorth · 01/10/2012 09:10

I know several who are distinctly un-posh. If it once was aristocratic it certainly isn't anymore.

I went to school with one who was lovely but occasionally got curry jokes (did not help when she went out with a boy called Josh -"going for a Rogn Josh at the Indian?"- kids are so witty) but I think it's more common now and people's sense of humou will have moved on.

SomersetONeil · 01/10/2012 08:31

Will date.

PollyIndia · 01/10/2012 07:24

People have suggested I call my baby India as The baby spent the first 2 months of his/her existence in India - I was travelling there when I found out I was pregnant. Er, definitely not!

This Yoga teacher in goa adopted a puppy and called her India and got banned from a few of the smarter hotels as they said she was disrespecting India ( the country not the dog!)

For a human, India knight puts me off too I think.

PeshwariNaan · 01/10/2012 05:24

Posh. The end.

MacMac123 · 30/09/2012 22:17

What about Indigo

Uppercut · 30/09/2012 19:28

I'm sure the dusty history behind the name is absolutely fascinating, but the current reality is that 'Mercedes' is overwhelmingly associated with a car brand.

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herhonesty · 30/09/2012 19:10

Well I am quite partial to quinoa. Prefer couscous though.

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PandaWatch · 30/09/2012 19:02

Oh and comparing Mercedes (remember it was a girl's name waaaaay before the car...) to chardonnay is just silly imo.

PandaWatch · 30/09/2012 18:59

India is hardly a new name! There's an India in Gone With The Wind. It's lovely OP.

Kelerina · 30/09/2012 18:54

It's funny, people seem to think of it as a posh name but to my ear it's really chavvy!!! No idea why though

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