India or Anya?

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Simple question - which do you prefer and why?!

India is beautiful, Anya I think I would expect someone in their 40's. Both names are fine so choose the one you love

Both lovely names but I prefer India , seems more modern

I love both names, but I prefer Anya

I love Anya.

I prefer Anya, bit more unusual than India, and India only really works if you have a strong attachment to the place.

Anya

I agree with vashta and think you need some ties with the country to use the name but I know many would not agree. So I would pick Anya.

I really like them both. Sorry not much help!

Both beautiful. I know 2 almost 2 years olds one India one Anya. The Anya is really fair haired and bright blue eyed, the India olive skinned & big brown eyes. They both REALLY suit their names. I can't imagine a blond India at all. Maybe wait till your little Dolly arrives and see what suits her best.
Both lovely names though.

Anya is much nicer. India is 80s "look how well-travelled I am".

I like both. Would go for Anya.

Also love indigo

Or how about Indira?

Anya - but I'm biased, DD2 is Anya and I love it.

Anya. Love Anya!
Really dislike India (the name, not the country).

I love both. That's not helpful, is it?

Anya is beautiful. I really detest India as a name.

I agree with justhayley

Except ..... somebody on here had the user name 'Anyaknowit' which always used to make me smile

Anya.

India is a bit try hard and I think Katie Hopkins has one Like newyearhere says it's a "look how well travelled I am/or my parents were" sort of a name.

India, definitely.

Anya is lovely.

I find India quite bizarre as a name, particularly if the child has no connections there. It is such a vast place with both positive (beauty, spirituality, hippydom) and negative (horrendous poverty, slums) it seems a very odd name to bestow on a child.

I like Indira as was suggested though am personally not a fan of using names if there is not a cultural connection.

Anya is divine

I love them both! Like the poster above, I would wait and see which name she looks like. Both the India and Anya I know are dark haired and skin though, not blonde!

Anya is a lovely name - I have a very boring but similar name and used to wish I'd been called Anya.

India is OK but I don't think of it as a modern name, rather a recently dated name rather than a classic iyswim.

Anya :-)

Anya definitely - I am not a big fan of palce names.