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Indigo

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Mangotango123 · 13/08/2020 15:30

I am in the UK.
We are TTC and quite like the name Indigo for a boy as it will be a rainbow baby (we've had 2 MCs previously).
What are thoughts on this? Google is clear that it is predominately a male name with male definition but I have heard of girls called it and wondered what public view was?
Thank you

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tillythepony · 14/08/2020 07:58

I love it. I admit I did think it was a girls' name as know of a couple of girls called it but I love it for a boy as well.

theresaplaceforus · 14/08/2020 07:43

I consider it more of a girls name - it’s not awful by any means but I would be surprised to hear it on a boy.

Horses4 · 14/08/2020 07:04

My youngest named her kitten Indigo (bear with me), he is male, but it was named after the female character in The Worst Witch (Indigo Moon). We use the nickname Indie.

Thefaceofboe · 14/08/2020 06:41

I really like it, but my first thought would be for a girl with the nn Indie x

HeronLanyon · 14/08/2020 04:24

It is predominantly a girls name and I’d definitely think it was a girl.

Id think you had confused indigo with the boys name INIGO (as in Inigo Jones).

Congratulations op !

stellarfox · 14/08/2020 04:11

I thought girl when I read it

worstwitch18 · 14/08/2020 02:44

I do consider it unisex but I also think of dream catchers and crystals and that sort of thing.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 14/08/2020 01:43

Girls name to me.

Reminds me of that Jacqueline Wilson book where the shop is called Indigo.

Whatever you choose im sure it will work for you x

netflixismysidehustle · 14/08/2020 01:39

In the case of boys I think Indy Jones (Indiana Jones) is the association that people will think of.

sorryforswearing · 13/08/2020 23:52

I think of it as a girls name.

Anordinarymum · 13/08/2020 23:49

Peppa Pig sings about Indigo.

" Oh we love indigoooooo"

It's a rainy sunny day......

CommonCarder · 13/08/2020 23:48

I knew a girl called Indigo.

Being honest I would assume a parent who was into New Age stuff but that's because I remember the book from the 1990s so that's possibly an out of date association.

june2007 · 13/08/2020 23:39

I have known 1 male dog and 1 girl called Indigo.

Hickorydickoryspock · 13/08/2020 23:37

I think its a beautiful name! Quirky without being too 'out there'

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Mangotango123 · 13/08/2020 23:35

I’ve never thought of it in that way before (associating the child with previous miscarriages).

I know a lot of people who chose names that reflect the notion of a ‘rainbow baby/miracle baby’ as a way of asserting that child’s existence to be a miracle and so longed for after endless struggle.

Indigo for us isn’t really about the meaning, more so it’s uniqueness however we felt it was quite fitting to also be a colour of the rainbow.

These are all ideas at the moment though as we aren’t even pregnant yet :)

Thank you so much everyone xx

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Raindrop87 · 13/08/2020 22:24

Weird, I've never thought of it as a boys name, always a girls name!

DoTheMaccaroni · 13/08/2020 21:56

I think it’s gorgeous for a boy 🙂 plus girls end up with boys names all the time so... go for it Grin

RandomTree · 13/08/2020 21:54

I like Indigo and the nickname Indie, I'd think of it as a boy's name.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 13/08/2020 21:54

@SavoyCabbage

I don’t think it’s very fair to a child to enmesh it’s identity With the fact you have previously had miscarriages. It is a nice name thoughI

sn’t an ‘indigo child’ something to do with other-worldliness and general spiritually?

Yes, I agree with this. It's your baby's name, it should belong to him and him alone.

Just on the name itself, it definitely is more of a girls' name.

DramaAlpaca · 13/08/2020 21:54

I see it very much as a girls' name.

surlycurly · 13/08/2020 21:52

I love the name but for a girl. 'Indigo' children are hyper sensitive/ feeling and are supposed to be very empathic and emotional.

LimeLemonOrange · 13/08/2020 21:51

Beautiful name, I love it

SavoyCabbage · 13/08/2020 21:49

I don’t think it’s very fair to a child to enmesh it’s identity With the fact you have previously had miscarriages. It is a nice name thoughI

sn’t an ‘indigo child’ something to do with other-worldliness and general spiritually?

TempsPerdu · 13/08/2020 21:30

The only Indigo I’ve ever met (would be around 20 now) is a girl.

daisypond · 13/08/2020 20:48

I would assume a girl. I’m not keen. Inigo is a male name, as PP said.