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I'm bracing myself.....India or Amber?

63 replies

mary33 · 07/07/2008 16:58

Honest opinions please for my final shortlist if it's a girl....

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OrmIrian · 07/07/2008 20:57

India

sweetkitty · 07/07/2008 20:57

Amber

OurHamsterisevil · 07/07/2008 20:56

India definitely. Lovely name DH will never allow it for me though

Quattrocento · 07/07/2008 20:21

Neither

Sorry

Elmosgirl · 07/07/2008 20:18

Amber

Romy7 · 07/07/2008 20:16

lots of both here of 4 - 9 age group, no contact with littler so don't know how popular they are at the mo.

prefer Indiana actually, thinking about it... still shorten to Indie...

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LuLuBai · 07/07/2008 20:07

I prefer India just for its comparative rarity. Amber was really overused for a while. I do love it for girls with red hair though.

greenelizabeth · 07/07/2008 19:12

India is too pretentious. Have you spent time in India?

Amber reminds me of a beautiful stone. I think it was a lot MORE popular in the US than it ever was here, so it is considered a little 80s in the US, but I still much, much prefer it to India, which is awful, sorry.

BirdyArms · 07/07/2008 18:52

Both fairly popular round here, I like both. I would choose Amber myself, but ds1 has a lovely friend called Amber who may have influenced me.

peanutbutterkid · 07/07/2008 18:47

Amber is very popular here & not one of them fits a stereotype (chav or other).
India is nice, too, although I've only heard of it as in India Knight & I'm not a big fan of hers.

constancereader · 07/07/2008 18:40

I like India better.

OomphreyCushion · 07/07/2008 18:39

India is lovely

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CristinaTheAstonishing · 07/07/2008 18:37

Amber

minniebeast · 07/07/2008 18:36

India

CharlotteYork · 07/07/2008 18:35

I agree India is great if it is somewhere you love but a bit weird if you have never been.

Amber gorgeous too.

bikerunski · 07/07/2008 18:31

India, but only if you've been.

Amber if you have red head genes!

pootleflump · 07/07/2008 18:04

If I had to choose then India, I find Amber to be chavvy.

Bertolli · 07/07/2008 18:02

India

QOD · 07/07/2008 18:01

AMber (dd'd middle name!)

2point4kids · 07/07/2008 18:00

India

VictorianSqualor · 07/07/2008 17:59

I like India, A friend of a friend is called Indiana and they call her Indie for short, I think it's lovely.

Alderney · 07/07/2008 17:51

Amber

Dragonbutter · 07/07/2008 17:48

both nice.
do you have any connection with india?
if not, then i'd go for amber.