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India

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YouCantCallItIt · 05/02/2013 19:45

I really like the name India but worry that it may be perceived as a chavvy name...wdyt?

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ripsishere · 06/02/2013 00:31

Unless you were actually born there, it isn't for me. It's a bit try too hard IMO.

MerlotAndMe · 06/02/2013 00:18

Adult ones are posh.

what about andrea? less predictable. fewer andreas than indias i bet

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/02/2013 00:15

Know a lovely girl called India who is a bright spark and is a gentle soul with ability to kick ass not hippy dippy, rah or chavvy. Honestly there are plenty of other things for bullies to pounce on aside from names more's the pity.

mrstowers · 05/02/2013 22:51

Certainly not chavvy, rather a posh girls name actually but I love it.

Southeastdweller · 05/02/2013 22:25

Too 'head girl' and pretentious for me.

ladymia · 05/02/2013 22:22

I don't think it's chavvy, I just think it's a bit try-hard.

Minty82 · 05/02/2013 21:34

She means the same as I do by a public schoolgirl name!

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YouCantCallItIt · 05/02/2013 20:36

Oh Gary that is awful....that would make me worry. Madamgazelleismymum what do you mean by a rah name? Blush so overall it's getting positive responses....yaaaaaay!

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sleeplessinderbyshire · 05/02/2013 20:32

I love it but DH said it was too posh and pretentious

Minty82 · 05/02/2013 20:17

I think it's quite public schoolgirl actually! I know a couple - never occurred to me it would attract the kind of comments Gary mentions but I grew up in circles where it was quite a well-used name... Blush

GaryBuseysTeeth · 05/02/2013 20:09

No.
It's the name of someone I'm close too, she's 17 & waiting until next year to change it.

Aside from the 'why are you called India when you are white?' questions
The constant 'paki', 'papadingding how's the corner shop?' etc meant she had to change secondary schools twice because she couldn't cope with it.
She's gone by her middle name since 14 (and she's in Central London so it's not as though there isn't diversity).

Similar but not as bad has happened to a white, blonde, blue eyed girl I know called China.

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Incapinka · 05/02/2013 19:53

Love it. If we have a dd India will be up there in the top 3 names

MadamGazelleIsMyMum · 05/02/2013 19:51

I love this - it was very nearly DD's name but I chickened out, due to a few raised eyebrows when we mentioned it was in the running. Rather than chavvy, I think it is quite a rah name really.

MumOfTheMoos · 05/02/2013 19:50

I love the name India - I don't think it's chivvy at all!

CityDweller · 05/02/2013 19:49

Is it chavvy? I've only met one (daughter of an ex-colleague) - they definitely weren't chavvy and I thought it was rather a cool name and it fitted them as the mother was pretty bohemian...

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