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India or Anya?

39 replies

BrooklandsGrandNational · 21/01/2014 07:33

Simple question - which do you prefer and why?!

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Aaliyah1 · 25/01/2014 17:01

Since when has India been naff? Hmm

stinkingbishop · 25/01/2014 10:18

Echo what some posters have said - India only transcends its try hardness if you actually know and love the place. Somewhere you and DP fell in love? Paris, Venice, Bognor...

Flechas · 25/01/2014 10:14

Interesting squoosh & math, never thought of it as being close to Tanya, always saw it as being close to Anna

What about Andrea ? instead of India. Andrea has a similar sound to India but more longevity.

Bonsoir · 25/01/2014 10:14

India.

I don't like the "ya" sound.

Bowlersarm · 25/01/2014 10:14

India

Flechas · 25/01/2014 10:13

Anya - it's just lovely but a bit more interesting than Anna

India is only ok. It is a place which is considered a bit naff I think. It's the naff of the future anyway.

AGoodPirate · 25/01/2014 08:05

Anya. I agree India is a bit 80s.

Aaliyah1 · 25/01/2014 01:47

Anya! Smile Have you thought about Anaya?

WordOfTheDay · 25/01/2014 01:41

I have only ever come across German Anyas. I would expect a German connection if I heard that name.

mathanxiety · 23/01/2014 01:20

Yes it is. I would choose India.

squoosh · 22/01/2014 16:04

Anya is perilously close to Tanya.

LadyRochford · 22/01/2014 15:43

What about Ananya? It's even nicer than Anya and its Indian so you sort of get both.

Rachaelandbabysofia · 22/01/2014 15:37

Personally not a fan of the name Sonia, Anya sounds similar so pass. Like the name India but maybe would go for the name Indie?

Clawdy · 21/01/2014 20:32

Anya is beautiful.

Algorithm · 21/01/2014 19:57

Anya definitely - I am not a big fan of palce names.

KLou1105 · 21/01/2014 18:35

Anya :-)

maillotjaune · 21/01/2014 18:15

Anya is a lovely name - I have a very boring but similar name and used to wish I'd been called Anya.

India is OK but I don't think of it as a modern name, rather a recently dated name rather than a classic iyswim.

Leeds2 · 21/01/2014 15:13

I love them both! Like the poster above, I would wait and see which name she looks like. Both the India and Anya I know are dark haired and skin though, not blonde!

NowPlayingZone · 21/01/2014 15:05

Anya is divine

grizzabellia · 21/01/2014 15:02

Anya is lovely.

I find India quite bizarre as a name, particularly if the child has no connections there. It is such a vast place with both positive (beauty, spirituality, hippydom) and negative (horrendous poverty, slums) it seems a very odd name to bestow on a child.

I like Indira as was suggested though am personally not a fan of using names if there is not a cultural connection.

Saminthemiddle · 21/01/2014 10:42

India, definitely.

DramaAlpaca · 21/01/2014 10:38

Anya.

India is a bit try hard and I think Katie Hopkins has one Like newyearhere says it's a "look how well travelled I am/or my parents were" sort of a name.

NotQuitePerfect · 21/01/2014 10:34

I agree with justhayley

Except ..... somebody on here had the user name 'Anyaknowit' which always used to make me smile Smile

GwendolineMaryLacey · 21/01/2014 10:34

Anya is beautiful. I really detest India as a name.

FuckingWankwings · 21/01/2014 10:31

I love both. That's not helpful, is it? Grin