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Claudia or India?

62 replies

pgwithnumber3 · 20/09/2008 17:59

Right it is me again, I know, I know, I know I liked Cecily but I have gone off it, don't know why. Claudia and India are both names I have loved for a while but never thought I would use them for one of my own children but I am getting desperate...

So, which one is the nicer?

DD1 is Grace, DD2 is Maya

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norkmaiden · 21/09/2008 12:40

India imo

SlartyBartFast · 21/09/2008 12:38

funny how it is so popular and i have only met 2... one a grown up, one a @ 9 year old

frazzledoldbag34 · 21/09/2008 12:27

I love Claudia. Top of my list for DC3 if it's another girl. However I think India goes better with your other 2 girls names somehow. Both very pretty names IMO.
Congrats on the 3rd girl - that's what we're hoping for too!

TillyScoutsmum · 21/09/2008 10:48

Claudia - definitely

Love Cecilia as well (Lia for short)

Hulababy · 21/09/2008 10:46

India

I don't like the name Claudia particularly.

Dottoressa · 20/09/2008 22:42

Claudia. There are lots of Indias around here...

cloudydaze · 20/09/2008 22:34

Claudia from me too

dinkymum · 20/09/2008 22:28

Claudia

SlartyBartFast · 20/09/2008 22:27

strangely i always think of an india with blonde hair

pinkmagic1 · 20/09/2008 22:26

Like both but only Claudia if it is pronounced Cloudia,not Clawdia. Think if push came to shove I would go for India personally though.

SlartyBartFast · 20/09/2008 22:14

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pgwithnumber3 · 20/09/2008 22:11

Thanks everyone, I do think Claudia is more suited to the colouring my children seem to come out with. Unless DD3 comes out with the Polynesian gene which is in DH's family, I think it will be Claudia. However if she shocked me and was my only DD to come out with very dark hair, then India would be a consideration.

Anyone have any one syllable middle names that go with Claudia?

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lemonlady · 20/09/2008 21:01

India, for me
my dd name and she has dark hair/eyes and is beautiful. She suits her name, and not atall hippy or pretencious.
Claudia lovely to.

LynetteScavo · 20/09/2008 20:53

Claudia. No contest.

(I also love Grace and Maya )

Twelvelegs · 20/09/2008 20:52

Claudia if said as in Italian (cloud ia)

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LaDiDaDi · 20/09/2008 20:30

Claudia is lovely and works very well with Eve as a middle name and your other dds.

ThinWhiteDuchess · 20/09/2008 20:29

Both are lovely. Personally prefer India.

katebee · 20/09/2008 20:10

Claudia is a lovely name!

constancereader · 20/09/2008 20:07

India is a very traditional name, very popular in the eighteenth century. I like Claudia too.

We rejected India because it has a hippy/pretentious feel to it today. It is a beautiful name though.

osborne · 20/09/2008 20:00

love claudia, timeless and beautiful, unusual but not weird

traceybath · 20/09/2008 19:59

Claudia is gorgeous - i even like it shortened to claudes.

artichokes · 20/09/2008 19:54

I like Claudia
I agree with the previous poster who suggested India was slightly pretentious and naff.

SlartyBartFast · 20/09/2008 19:51

claudia

not india, i find it pretentious and naff

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