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Sapphira or Indira?

32 replies

ncnewbaby · 23/02/2022 17:42

For a baby girl

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Luckyelephant1 · 25/02/2022 20:35

Indira is nice but totally ruined by Indira Gandhi (a former PM of India) and I personally would not want that association.

I can't make up my mind if I like Sapphira! I think I prefer Sapphire.

babynamelover · 25/02/2022 20:34

Indira by a mile Sapphira doesn't look like a legitimate name to me.

becca3210 · 25/02/2022 20:18

Indira is lovely

LittleBearPad · 25/02/2022 20:15

@TrashyPanda

Love Sapphira. Not bothered about Indira but hate Indie.
Indie’s lovely. The other two not so much
TrashyPanda · 25/02/2022 09:27

Love Sapphira.
Not bothered about Indira but hate Indie.

InletsandBrambles · 25/02/2022 00:31

Both are gorgeous!

Lollipoppit · 24/02/2022 23:51

I like Sapphira, most people will pronounce it sa-feer-a.

demoness · 24/02/2022 19:32

I like Sapphira, though the Biblical connotation is not the nicest... But at the same time people use Delilah nowadays, so perhaps it's unlikely to be mentioned. (I also think a lot of people would say sa-feer-a rather than sa-fyre-a.)

Indira is lovely.

Frightmare · 24/02/2022 14:50

Indira

Classica · 24/02/2022 13:20

Indira has a very elegant vibe.

Lemonweightloss · 24/02/2022 13:20

Love Indira.

NannyR · 24/02/2022 12:56

Indira. I agree that Sapphira sounds like a car and the biblical connotations aren't great.

SemperIdem · 24/02/2022 12:17

I think Indira is lovely

LittleBearPad · 24/02/2022 08:10

Sapphira sounds like it should have Vauxhall in front of it.

Indira’s ok

KylieCharlene · 24/02/2022 08:05

Indira.
I've never come across Sapphira and tbh thought it was a fancy made-up twist of Sapphire- and deemed it a bit down-market. I'm sorry!.

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ncnewbaby · 24/02/2022 07:45

thanks everyone!

pronunciation:
sa-fyre-a
in-deer-a

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Kanaloa · 24/02/2022 06:07

Hmm I’m a bit caught between. I prefer Sapphire to Sapphira really since I think Sapphira would be mistaken for Sapphire anyway.

Indira I think is beautiful, I really like it, but I wouldn’t use it with no Indian heritage. I think there are some names that bridge the gap and feel international and other names that I would think were odd or inappropriate on a white child with no Indian heritage. So if you are Indian I would say Indira for sure.

MerryMarigold · 24/02/2022 05:14

@Rosieposie101

Indira if the baby has Indian heritage.

Sapphira was struck dead by God in the bible for being a liar. So not the nicest connotation.

I was about to say the same. Not so much the striking down but why she was struck down (for lying to lots of people in order to make herself look better).
urbanbuddha · 24/02/2022 05:04

Indira

Rosieposie101 · 24/02/2022 04:24

Indira if the baby has Indian heritage.

Sapphira was struck dead by God in the bible for being a liar. So not the nicest connotation.

Rosenborg · 23/02/2022 20:50

How do you pronounce Sapphira?

Gonnagetgoing · 23/02/2022 20:13

Indira

olympicsrock · 23/02/2022 20:12

Indira is a lovely name , elegant and strong and a cute nickname in Indie

VeryLongBeeeeep · 23/02/2022 20:09

Sapphira immediately made me think of a Vauxhall Zafira, so on that basis I vote Indira.

steelseries · 23/02/2022 20:07

I prefer Indira. (So much so that I have a DC with the name)! Pronounced inn-deer-ah