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Indiana

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17caterpillars1mouse · 02/07/2020 10:26

What are your thoughts on Indiana / Indianna for a girl.

It's not my usual style at all, but I heard it in cbeebies The Baby Club and thought what a lovely name it is.

Thoughts?

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SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 05/07/2020 19:41

In fairness, I do actually really like Devon as a child's name.

donquixotedelamancha · 05/07/2020 18:53

Why not name her after a UK region rather than a US one. How about Wales or Tyneside?

EmmaC78 · 05/07/2020 18:42

I really dislike it - both the long and nn versions.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 05/07/2020 18:39

The only thing I'd be able to think of would be "we named the dog Indiana". Sorry op!

Crunchymum · 05/07/2020 18:28

Was on the list for DC2 (girl) but I was the only person who liked it.

Still love it but went for something totally different for both my DD's.

pipnchops · 05/07/2020 17:32

I think it's lovely name for a girl and I love the nickname Indi.

Flappingflamingo · 05/07/2020 17:29

Not for me sorry and really don't like any of the nicknames either

mondaywine · 05/07/2020 16:44

It’s my cat’s name...

Roselilly36 · 05/07/2020 16:38

Not sure on Indiana, def not if your surname is Jones! I know a couple of gorgeous dogs with that name. I really like the name Inbee for a girl, there is a pro golfer with that name, not sure why I like it, but I do.

PixieB26 · 05/07/2020 16:30

Obviously I typed too fast in my message above!! Typo central!
Meant to say ‘India, Indi or Ana’. Diana is also an option

PixieB26 · 05/07/2020 16:28

It as my favourite name for years and I will love it! Who cares if it’s a state or a characters name! There’s a gazillion names out there you could say the same for. It’s pretty and has the option to be shortened to India, India or Ana

daisypond · 02/07/2020 15:35

No. And neither India, or Indie, or Indi.

florascotia2 · 02/07/2020 11:57

As well as the Indiana Jones link (and his given name was Henry Jones: Indiana was a nickname), the name of the state of Indiana records a tragic history of conquest, violence and dispossession. Indigenous peoples - misnamed 'Indians' by European settlers - had lived in the territory for thousands of years, but were driven out, sometimes at gunpoint. See, for example, www.biography.com/political-figure/tecumseh

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JingleCatJingle · 02/07/2020 11:12

‘We named the dog Indiana’

babynamelover · 02/07/2020 11:11

I really don't like Indie on its own. Indiana is okay I think I like Indigo the best out of the Indi names I want to like India.

BeMorePacific · 02/07/2020 11:08

I know an Indiana, and have never thought about Indiana Jones (I don’t know how I didn’t 😂🙈)
I like Indie as a NN x

IndiaMay · 02/07/2020 10:51

I would think it was a boys name because of Indiana Jones but dont dislike it for a girl. I'd get used to it. I like Indie for a girl too which it would get shortened to

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/07/2020 10:49

Too try hard and forced for every day use. Indie or India are much nicer

LotusClover · 02/07/2020 10:45

Me too.

dementedpixie · 02/07/2020 10:27

Reminds me of Indiana Jones

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