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elliehoneysnow · 2023-07-13T18:11:57+00:00

What do you think of the name India-Mae? Any similar names you can think of?

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

DuchessOfSausage · 15/07/2023 13:39

@VeridicalVagabond , was it an actual city or was it a town?

Lincoln, Lester or Chester might be OK but maybe not Southend-on-Sea or Stoke-on-Trent, and Newcastle upon Tyne would be quite a mouthful.

cheezncrackers · 15/07/2023 13:31

I don't like the habit of tagging -Mae onto everything.

Let's just say, it's the opposite of classy and leave it at that.

Swansandcustard · 15/07/2023 13:28

Shaahdonneigh-Newton-Abbot-Mae

ok, now I’m trolling.

Maireas · 15/07/2023 13:10

Lexi- Mae
Lula -Mae
Lillia -Mae
Sienna -Mae
India -Jae
India -Fae
India -Kae

Maireas · 15/07/2023 13:05

Swansandcustard · 15/07/2023 08:43

Hartlepool? Skegness? Grimsby? Paignton?

Harley -Mae
Skeggie -Mae
Grimmy -Mae
Paigny -Mae
You're on to something!

DuchessOfSausage · 15/07/2023 13:04

@midsomermurderess , India is the name of a country, Louise isn't.

UsingChangeofName · 15/07/2023 12:59

VeridicalVagabond · 15/07/2023 00:21

I'm not a fan of the "sticking Mae or May on the end of any random name" trend that's abound at the moment.

India is ok on its own. Not my cup of tea but ok. Not really a fan of place names for people in general though. Had to talk my friend out of naming her son after the city he was conceived in. Anyone want to have a guess what she was going to call him?

Can we play with any place name?

As I vote for Wyre Piddle

continentallentil · 15/07/2023 09:17

VeridicalVagabond · 15/07/2023 00:21

I'm not a fan of the "sticking Mae or May on the end of any random name" trend that's abound at the moment.

India is ok on its own. Not my cup of tea but ok. Not really a fan of place names for people in general though. Had to talk my friend out of naming her son after the city he was conceived in. Anyone want to have a guess what she was going to call him?

London?

continentallentil · 15/07/2023 09:16

PrayerFactory · 13/07/2023 23:35

Not unless you’d call a child Poland or Guatemala.

And Anything-Mae is bad.

Yep this

hyphens are naff

spelling May Mae is naff

India is not ok unless you have a family connection to the place (I know some people don’t mind but to many it smacks of colonialism so don’t inflict it on her)

Iona
Ianthe
Isadora
Ismene

ChatBFP · 15/07/2023 08:48

@VeridicalVagabond

Milan? Madrid?

Swansandcustard · 15/07/2023 08:43

Hartlepool? Skegness? Grimsby? Paignton?

JeandeServiette · 15/07/2023 00:26

VeridicalVagabond · 15/07/2023 00:21

I'm not a fan of the "sticking Mae or May on the end of any random name" trend that's abound at the moment.

India is ok on its own. Not my cup of tea but ok. Not really a fan of place names for people in general though. Had to talk my friend out of naming her son after the city he was conceived in. Anyone want to have a guess what she was going to call him?

I hope it was Paris and not, say, Bruges.

LongStoryLong · 15/07/2023 00:25

VeridicalVagabond · 15/07/2023 00:21

I'm not a fan of the "sticking Mae or May on the end of any random name" trend that's abound at the moment.

India is ok on its own. Not my cup of tea but ok. Not really a fan of place names for people in general though. Had to talk my friend out of naming her son after the city he was conceived in. Anyone want to have a guess what she was going to call him?

Dudley?

VeridicalVagabond · 15/07/2023 00:21

I'm not a fan of the "sticking Mae or May on the end of any random name" trend that's abound at the moment.

India is ok on its own. Not my cup of tea but ok. Not really a fan of place names for people in general though. Had to talk my friend out of naming her son after the city he was conceived in. Anyone want to have a guess what she was going to call him?

AlltheFs · 15/07/2023 00:19

I like India. -Mae is awful though
If you are having a middle name/s they should be proper names and not “cheap fillers”

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 15/07/2023 00:17

youwerentthere · 13/07/2023 19:25

EVERYONE is tagging Mae on the end of name just now, don't do it

I agree it will be so dated soon

Windercar · 15/07/2023 00:17

I’m calling my next daughter lily-mae after reading this 😂 funny how you all hate it yet there’s so many of them

yeah!!! You go girl!!!’ That would be such a win for you!!!!!

Windercar · 15/07/2023 00:14

Malaysia-Mae is actually quite nice...

sounds like a travel tip

Snugglemonkey · 14/07/2023 23:07

Sorry I think it is horrible. Noth names and especially the hyphen.

louderthan · 14/07/2023 22:59

Malaysia-Mae is actually quite nice...

louderthan · 14/07/2023 22:59

Why India? I can think of lots of place names that would be more original.
Brussels
Dunkirque
Bronx
Malaysia

louderthan · 14/07/2023 22:56

Awful.

Madamecastafiore · 14/07/2023 22:52

India is quite cool, if you're cool too I suppose but tagging Mae on the end if it, or anything for that matter just no, no hyphens at all please.

Ginger1982 · 14/07/2023 22:24

Awful, sorry.

JanesBlond · 14/07/2023 22:09

ThewaytoAmarula · 14/07/2023 21:53

Isn't there a push among Indian people to officially rename their country, as "India" was the name given by the British during colonial times? (Sorry if I have my facts wrong there, hope someone knowledgeable can say what Indian people think about the name India). Is this what previous posters mean when saying the name has colonial overtones?

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I’m not Indian so can’t give my opinion on the name of the country but yes, in Hindi the country is called Bharat and there have been proposals to rename it in English too, like how various cities (Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru etc) have been renamed to get rid of anglicised names.
The colonial overtones of choosing it as a name with no connection to it imo is that usually it’s being chosen either as a collection of pleasant sounds, which ignores the long and difficult history of the country and word, or that it’s being chosen for sounding exotic, which is obviously problematic in its own way.