India?

[greyjeanie]

Comment on this shortlist and please say which name you prefer and why:

India
Isla
Juliet (NN, Jules)
Maya (May-a not My-a)
Olivia

Asking for lovely SIL who’s feeling too poorly to come onto MN/online.

[Pippilangstrumpfi]

India is a country 🇮🇳 to me.

I've never met a person with that name.

[Screamqueenz]

agree with daisy, India is a colonial name hence Earl Mountbattens granddaughter and the posh girls" connotation.

Juliet is lovely.

[FenellaMaxwell]

I love India, however Katie Hopkins.....

[sycamore54321]

Not exactly what you’re asking but I would steer clear of using India and Juliet together as first and middle name. Both are in the military phonetic alphabet (same as Alpha for A, Bravo for B, Charlie for C, etc) and so it will seem an odd combination to have both in the one name.

[tripletmum8]

What about Indie?

[Pemba]

Juliet or Olivia are lovely. Of course Olivia has been very popular for years now though, if that bothers them.

Dislike India as a girls' name, and Isla is a bit dull and extremely common right now.

Maya would be lovely if your SIL were pronouncing it correctly, to rhyme with fire. If her partner is half-Indian, he would know that that is the pronunciation they use?

Overall I'd probably say Juliet, classy and a bit more unusual than her other choices.

[BlueRaincoat89]

Love India - it's our top girls name at the moment. We have no links to the country and don't think that would be an issue either way.

[NoSauce]

Definitely India.

[kenandbarbie]

Yeah India is a bit posh girl gap year.

[kenandbarbie]

Olivia and Juliet. Both sound more pleasant than the others and aren't too popular. I know Olivia actually is, but all the Olivias I know are in their early 20s.

[daisypond]

Not India- its association with the colonial British Raj and posh girls make it a no-go. It makes me cringe. Juliet is my favourite.

[MissHenty]

India is a great name
Also love Olivia and Isla

[Fookadook]

Love India, and Indie is cute as a nickname.

[Twelve8Ts]

India is lovely, go for it.

[tabbiemoo]

Love India or Indigo both cool hippy names and Indie is a cute nn.

Also like Olivia and Isla but they are way too popular at the mo.

Juliet is a bit 1980s for me and I really don’t like Jules. Juno is a possible funky alternative?

Maya is ok but will always get mispronounced. Myla is a cute/interesting alternative?

[Dino44]

@coffeeforone India has been used as a name for decades. Indie is a cutesy nickname for a child called India/Indigo or short for a genre of music, a newspaper or type of school.

[aibutohavethisusername]

India

[coffeeforone]

Indie is lovely, by not India - that's a country!

[TildaTurnip]

I love Juliet. India is my next favourite

[diddlediddle]

India is lovely and the best option on the list by a mile

[Sugarplummy84]

Adore India!

[Shadow1234]

India is the only name I like on the list

[devilishlygood]

I am also a fan of India. There’s always a lot of attempting to ‘shame’ potential users of the name into some weird sense of cultural appropriation, but it’s still a legitimate name. It’s letters making up a lovely sound! Your SIL shouldn’t feel she has to explain her choice to anyone. At all!

[HeadlessGummyBears]

Love both Juliet and India but in their shoes, I’d probably have India as the middle name and have Juliet as the more traditional first name.

[VenusClapTrap]

Love India. Very elegant.