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Not long to go- is Indigo too out there?

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namingthebump · 03/02/2018 09:31

Hi all, first thread I've ever set up so please forgive any errors. Baby is due in the next few week and I've still no clear idea for names. We haven't found out if it's a boy or girl so have twice the name options!

I like unusual names (I.e. only one in class or school) but don't want to be thought completely out there and crazy with it.

What are your thoughts on Indigo (Nn Indi) for either a girl or boy?

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TinklyLittleLaugh · 04/02/2018 16:06

I wonder if the rise in popularity of Indigo has anything to do with the generation who loved the Hilary McKay books growing up? Certainly my daughters love all the paint colour names.

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namingthebump · 04/02/2018 15:18

Thanks everyone- I didn't know about the "Indigo Child" thing, so that was an interesting read. I may be wrong but It sounds like this movement is fairly limited. I think I agree it sounds like a name that would be more easily accepted for a girl.
I will keep it on the girls short list and hopefully when the baby turns up something on there suits it! Smile

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greendale17 · 03/02/2018 21:41

Don’t like

Snakesandsnakes · 03/02/2018 21:37

I like Indigo for a girl but would definitely go with Inigo for a boy. I would have liked it (Inigo) for either of mine but DH vetoed, didn’t matter as they were girls.

ILoveDolly · 03/02/2018 21:37

I quite like it, its got me thinking about other colour names....
Cyan

Hmmm *I need another baby

BookHelpPlease · 03/02/2018 21:35

Indigo is a little dated to me. What hippy 90s parents called their child when desperate to be different.

Inigo sounds awful- "In I Go" line will be used to tease them something awful!

ladybirdsaredotty · 03/02/2018 21:32

I've loved it since I was a child, but DP wouldn't go for it Sad

harlaandgoddard · 03/02/2018 12:32

It’s ok but I much prefer India.

Definitely don’t like it for a boy.

RoryAndLogan · 03/02/2018 12:31

I love it.

I think it's the perfect balance of not the beyond boring and common Olivia/Emily/Mae and the really ridiculous unpronounceable names.

Elementtree · 03/02/2018 12:28

Whenever I've seen 'indigo children' it seems to be a gentler term to the more obvious 'proto-psychopath'. Which is a shame because Indigo would be a cool name.

TheDisillusionedAnarchist · 03/02/2018 12:25

I love it but it is very trendy especially for girls. One of those names that's come from nothing and headed rapidly up the charts and is still on the rise.

ChocolateCrunch · 03/02/2018 11:46

Love it, as well as Inigo, Indiana and India

chaser90210 · 03/02/2018 11:25

Love it! I would assume a girl though

MistyMeadow · 03/02/2018 11:21

Yes love it!

daisypond · 03/02/2018 11:20

I think it's fine. Maybe the boy's name Inigo helps it.

SpottyBrolly · 03/02/2018 11:17

It's nice I know a little boy Indigo ego goes by Indi. TBH thigh if you want a name that is very unusual you're probably better of going for Derek, Norris or Shirley. I don't know of any children with those names.

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 03/02/2018 11:12

Love.

FancyNewBeesly · 03/02/2018 11:09

Even though it ends in o, I prefer it for a girl to be honest. I personally feel you have a lot more freedom with girls names to use something a little more unusual - I know a few boys with more unusual names and people seem to have more of an issue with it.

WetWipeofWonder · 03/02/2018 10:07

I love it. I'd never be brave enough to use it but I love it. How about Indira as an alternative?

GlorianaBanana · 03/02/2018 10:04

I know a toddler girl called Indigo. It suits her. I think it's one of the better and more refreshing 'alternative' names (all boys seem to be River and girls Luna in that category)

eggofmantumbi · 03/02/2018 10:00

I taught a bit canned Indigo a while ago. Everyone called him Indie. There's much more 'out there' so as long as you don't mind the 'that's unusual' comments then go for it.
If I see it on a register I'd not assume either gender.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 03/02/2018 09:45

I've just looked at the NannyR's link. I do like the fact that Wikepedia dismisses the indigo child as a"pseudoscientific New Age" concept.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 03/02/2018 09:42

I don't think it's too bad....

BUT if I saw the name, I'd assume 'indigo child', and would be very Hmm. Which I know is wrong - but wouldn't stop me thinking it.

However, I don't think that many people have heard of the indigo child outside of Mumsnet. Which means it's fine.

In short, I'm sitting on the fence.

IggyAce · 03/02/2018 09:42

I like it, I work in a school with a wide mix of names and haven't come across an Indigo.

Dozer · 03/02/2018 09:41

Dislike it, sounds hippyish, and isn’t it supposedly used to refer to “spirited” DC or something in new-agey woo?

Wasn’t unusual in London when lived there.

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