India or Maria?

[Snoopy90]

Which do you prefer? India would probably be shortened to Indie.

Maria, definitely. It's classic but unusual. India is a bit yar.

I prefer Maria. It's more classic and pretty

Maria

India. I just love it so much and with the nickname Indie. It’s what I plan on calling my imaginary second daughter (not having any more babies!)

Sorry don't like either. To me Maria is overdone and India is no longer cool. Sorry.

Maria.

Maria is dull - India is a bit old hat now

Neither, sorry.

India!

Have you travelled in India and/or was she conceived there?
If not it's far too try-hard. And if so it's too obvious.
There's no good reason to call a child after a country, otherwise lots of DC would be called Spain or France.

Maria is OK, especially if you have Catholic/Spanish/Italian heritage.

Neither....FFS just call your kid Indie if that’s what you want ..its the 90’s come on

Surprised that people think Maris is "overdone"--how many young Marias do they know in this country?

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Maria.

India as a given name has been forever tarnished by Katie Hopkins denying that India, the country, existed.

Very different names! I think India is a bit try hard and I just think Indy 500 (the nascar race) when I hear Indie. Maria is much better, it’s classic but you don’t hear it much at least in English speaking countries.

My DS is close friends with an India. Absolutely gorgeous little girl, smart and very sporty. She gets Indie as a nickname

I've never heard of India as a name! I like Indie but for a boy. And I live in the states so it makes me think of Indianapolis or like the Indy 500 race 😂 but I do kinda like it as a boy name but not the full India.

Also in the states I feel that name would be very controversial. I dont think being named India would go over well. But maybe it's fine where you live. There are a few Indian names I like that I'm not sure I could pull off, let alone the name of the country!!

I think it would be a little less jolting to go with Indigo - nn Indie. Indra and Indrani are also legit names.

Maria bores me personally. Not a fan of Maria or Marie or even Mary. I dont think in this generation its overused though. I prefer Marion, Maren, Meridy or Meredith. Just a fresher spin I guess.

I love Indie / India, I really liked Indigo when I pg with DD1 22 years ago but DH vetoed it :(

Maria seems a bit dated.

Maria

India

Immediate reaction to India (Apols India knight et al) was that it was very boho late 90s and likely even then to be outdated very quickly.
I like Maria a lot.

Maria.

Someone says Indie, I think Harrison Ford.

I like both names, OP, but I think out of the two, I would choose Maria.

India is nicer and more interesting. Indie is cute.

Not a fan of Place names.

Not too fond of Maria either.

Would you consider something like Miriam?

By overdone I mean dull. Its very overused by Catholics and in Spanish countries. Although it's better than India. But that is just my opinion. It is classic.

Miriam, Marie or Martha are better imo.