How popular is India these days?

[Cortina]

I love it and have only met a couple. Is it surprisingly under-used?

Reasonably popular.

I don't subscribe to this" you should have a connection" to whatever, utter rubbish.

Either you like it or you don't...I love it.

Only exception is Dominica, which is ridiculous

I always come back to Rhodesia...I know one IRL.

LOL. So true.

Don't know any

CoteDAzur - re 'it suits her', the India I know is pretty, charming and exotic looking. (incidentally SpiderWilliam she is spoilt by her parents and goes to a private all girls school - but she is not a brat)

I do think with certain names, you need a connection, I would not use an Italian name for my child, when I have no Italian family members.

But why?? That's ridiculous!!

If you like the name, give it to your child. It doesn't matter that your not Italian or any other culture.

Mine (4) have the name mentioned on this thread, an old-english name, an italian name and a greek name, we're none of these things.....it just doesn't matter!

Their middle names are russian, english and latin.

I only have truck with obviously made-up names.

Not so keen on India, much prefer Indie. I think it's really pretty.

Don´t know any, but think that it´s a lovely name.

I do know an Indira.

It is not "ridiculous" to prefer giving your child a name from your own cultural background, something the child can identify with and (hopefully) be proud of.

Quite the reverse. It is sadly ridiculous to name your child a word you have heard and for some reason liked, to which your child has zero connection and tie. Ex: All those Africans named Robert Watanebe etc. It is sad (because you feel they have lost their own identity a bit) and ridiculous. A lily white English couple naming their baby Layla or Aisha for example is not much different (to those of us who know what those names mean).

TBH, if I met an India I would just think what a pretty name & wouldn´t give a toss if she had been conceived there or if her parents had connections there....

Thank you CoteDAzur, I agree. My hubbie and I are both from North Wales farming families, blond hair and blue eyes. I love some of the more exotic names like Layla and Jameela, but I just know it wouldnt suit my child.

What a parent/s name their child is no concern of anyone else.

Cote, I never said it was ridiculous to name a child anything, what I said was insisting on names remaining within racial/cultural families is ridiculous.

Quite frankly the argument of "not suiting your child is laughable"
How the hell do you know what your child will suit?
At best you've seen them for 2weeks by the time they're named!!

Rogue speech marks there, apologies.

lovely name, and it's been around for ever... remember India Wilkes from gone with the wind? she was about as caucasian as you can get so don't listen to people saying 'you have to have a connection with the country'.