Thoughts on the name Indie

[OceanPearl]

We’re expecting our second baby girl later this year and We’re a bit stuck for names.

We were so quick to pick our first daughters name and knew it was right straight away. But I’m really struggling this time!

What are people’s thoughts on Indie as a first name? I absolutely love it but not sure if it’s a name I’d regret in later years?

Thank you

Someone name their child vegas

How about Polo?
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like Indie but feel it's too similar to Marnie

I like it, but like others I’ve said not as a given name. I know of an India and an indigo that go by this nn.
But it’s nice and if you like it go for it.

Indie music, indie film, indie referendum. India is nicer, Indigo, very hippy but okay. Indie, no.

I think Indie is quite sweet & goes nicely with Marnie.

My cousin's Dd is Indie. She really suits her name.

I like it

I immediately thought of Indiana Jones

It’s a genre of music to my ears not a name

It's a (vomit-inducing) word for a private school.

It’s not terrible but it’s a shortening for independent to me, not a name. Prefer India which seems to be the consensus on the thread.

Consider surname carefully too. A friend of a friend called her daughter Indie...surname Wright. We all eye rolled at that one.

What did you end up calling your daugher? We also have Indie at the top of our list.

Joe bloody Wicks

@sibbys love it gorgeous name ❤️

Hello! I’d very much appreciate gender guesses, based on skull or nub theory, I know what I think but I’m curious to see what others think! Thankyou so much, find out on the 10th of April and the wait feels so long 😄

Morning mamas!

So I’m currently pregnant with my 3rd and last baby. I already have a boy and a girl

Rex and Indie, I’d love some suggestions for our third little one, we don’t know the gender yet so suggestions for both are welcome!

We prefer shorter edgier names. Preferably 4 letters if possible Thankyou so much!

Call her India, it’s a lovely name. Indie for short if you must. It gets said to death on here but you really do have to try to think past the baby/toddler and imagine her being more than a painter/model/influencer: she might appreciate a name with more gravitas and that way you give the choice to her.

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I think it goes with Marnie. I prefer Indie to India myself. I know what you mean op about the nn thing. My name is often short for other names. I really feel my name is me. But I don't have any relationship with the names it can be short for. If Marnie can be a full name or Maisy or any of those, why can't Indie be one? I think mumsnet can have a strange attitude to what constitutes a real name. Some nns become separate names over time. And some form new names entirely. Think Polly for example. And all the creative spellings over years are what creates lots of different names too yet there's a lot of sleepiness about that on here too. Indie makes me think of indie as in independent film. So it's a positive from me.

Indie, India, indigo etc all make me think of overprivileged hippies a la the 1990s.

I think it’s very insipid and bland. Nearly falling asleep thinking of family get together with twee Indie, Marnie & Emmie.

Makes me think of Joe Wicks who has Indie and Marley. Indie and Marnie sounds too much like a copy to me