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India or Savannah - Pretentious or pretty?

86 replies

babyincubator · 16/03/2010 16:38

I can't believe how tricky this name choosing malarkey is! What does everyone think about India or Savannah for a girl's name.
I was thinking about using Rose as a middle name so -
Savannah Rose

Or India Rose

?

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oldenglishspangles · 16/03/2010 21:14

That should be 'that is how pointys statement translates. I would hope unintentionally.

midnightexpress · 16/03/2010 21:12

I know a lovely lovely Savannah (grown up - hippy parents), so it has good associations for me. India I'm not so keen on. It sounds a bit posh.

doubleexpresso · 16/03/2010 21:09

Agree that both names will date rapidly. Nothing wrong with that, as long as you are aware.

oldenglishspangles · 16/03/2010 21:00

its not a name I would associate with a white child - read into that what you will.

5DollarShake · 16/03/2010 20:53

"pointy - you are joking arent you? thats quite racist."

How is that racist?

5DollarShake · 16/03/2010 20:51

Isn't (or wasn't) there a soft-furnishings shop called India Rose in Sloane Square?

Rose as a middle name is totally over-done, I'd have thought.

Savannah I would say is the opposite of pretentious. India is pretty although I think of the super plain India from Gone With The Wind when I hear the name and it puts me off.

pointydog · 16/03/2010 20:49

I don't think it's racist at all

HelenDoula · 16/03/2010 20:19

Proudaspunch - we are in Hove & there are a few India's in my girls school & Scarlett's (my 1st DD) and too my horror there is also a Sienna in the same reception class as my 2nd DD Sienna !!!! No Savannah's .... I did work with a child up North called Savannah, sadly her (so-called) family called her Sav or Savvy - we refused !

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FlyMeToDunoon · 16/03/2010 19:16

I have an India Rose and I like Savannah. Neither is pretentious imo. Oh and DD is pale, blonde and blue eyed.

suwoo · 16/03/2010 18:59

I agree with pointy actually. But only for my own personal children. They are pale as ghosts and probably wouldn't suit an exotic name, however much I liked it.

oldenglishspangles · 16/03/2010 18:52

i like both.

PestoMonster · 16/03/2010 18:50

I like both

oldenglishspangles · 16/03/2010 18:48

pointy - you are joking arent you? thats quite racist. www.indiahicks.com/ Yes very common and extremely pasty, especially when she walked down the aisle with Princess Diana

TheApprentice · 16/03/2010 18:43

I know a lovely Savannah and now I absolutely love the name! She is neither the least bit pretentious or the other way! Just a really nice girl, and the thing is peoples perceptions of names change when they know someone with that name.

pointydog · 16/03/2010 18:34

I find them too exotic for any pasty child I might have.

A little overblown

ProudasPunch · 16/03/2010 18:27

In Brighton there are a number of Indias I've met - there is a risk of having several in a class

belcantwait · 16/03/2010 18:25

ooh so i may be both common and pretentious at the same time

around here savannah is more 'common' than india. i dont know any others

belcantwait · 16/03/2010 18:23

my dd is India-rose! so obv i think it is lovely, most people i have met have commented on how pretty it is

MrsJohnDeere · 16/03/2010 18:21

India a bit pretentious (but getting quite common), Savannah very pretentious imo (I may be biased by knowing a very pretentious mother of a Savannah in RL).

Rindercella · 16/03/2010 18:19

Both lovely names. DD1 is India, her middle name isn't Rose though. We very briefly considered Savannah for soon to arrive DD2, but have decided on Jasmine.

Think for both names the child either needs to be exotic looking or conversely, very blonde, blue eyed and pretty to carry the name off (DD1 is the former).

suwoo · 16/03/2010 18:18

Sorry, round here Savannah is the opposite of pretentious. India is ok but not my cup of tea.

ellesabe · 16/03/2010 18:18

I love them both

StrictlyKatty · 16/03/2010 18:17

I would say it will date. Savannah IMO is rather off the other end of pretentious....

Heeka · 16/03/2010 18:10

India Rose sounds like the name of a narrowboat - not sure why but it's what comes to my mind!

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