India or Helena

[pumpkin2021]

I am expecting a baby girl :)

What do you think about names India and Helena?

Which one would you prefer?

Lots of love xox

Not keen on India. Love Helena. I wanted that for my daughter but it got a no from DH :(

Helena.
Have you links with india?
I only ask because whenever I hear someone named after a place I always wonder if they've actually been to said country/place.

Helena is gorgeous.

Not keen on Helena

I like India my little girl is called indie which is similar haha so maybe I'm biased

Both lovely.

I love India so much

Helena sounds a bit mumsy to me. Makes me think of a 40+ year old with grey hair (much like me but that’s not my name though)

India has a more modern feel to it. Many of your daughters friends mums will be called Helen so it might make her feel her name is very uncool

Love Helena, really do not like India sounds too hippy to me

Helena. The name India makes me do an internal eye roll for some reason.

I like Helena it was on my list 20odd years ago but we went with something else, I don't have much of an opinion on India it is ok .

Katie Hopkins was on tv slagging off place name names saying they were "Chavvy" yet her own dds name is India

Helena beautiful & classical. It pairs well with other names as well so finding a middle name, if you’re having one, won’t be difficult.

Helena. India is beyond awful.

I was awfully bullied by a girl named Helena so irrationally hate that name.

I used to call her HELLena.

For that reason only, I vote India.

I like both. Not very helpful 😁

Helena.

I like both but Helena is more classy and has adorable nickname Nell 🥰

Helena every time.

I went to school with an India. Who was not from India. It wasn’t a fun time for her.

Indie?

India is more mainstream now though. The name India will have been outside the top 1000 when we were at school. It’s top 200 now so much more mainstream without being too common.

Sorry I really don’t like Helena - I’d actually prefer Helen although I don’t really like that either. I remember a boy at my school being called Phillip in the 1980s. A nice name but every other Philip was in their 50s at the time so it just sounded a bit absurd and uncool to me and I think the same will be applicable to any children called Helena, Sarah or Kate etc in 2019. It’ll be their friends’ mums name

I prefer Indigo to India.

I like India, and nickname Indy x

I like Helena. India is a fantastic country, but not nice as a name.

I live Helen.
All the Helens I know are lovely.

I don't like India unless you have a great affinity to India as a country.

Helena

India