Indigo

[Mangotango123]

I am in the UK.
We are TTC and quite like the name Indigo for a boy as it will be a rainbow baby (we've had 2 MCs previously).
What are thoughts on this? Google is clear that it is predominately a male name with male definition but I have heard of girls called it and wondered what public view was?
Thank you

I like it, the 2 I know are both girls and usually I am not keen on unisex names but I think this one does work and is fab for a boy. I do know one boy called Indie but not sure if it's short for anything. It really suits him!

I know several girls with that name but no boys

Am sorry, but 'google' is wrong. Most baby names sites are rubbish.
Here are the facts for England and Wales, based on official government statistics:
names.darkgreener.com/#indigo

In 2018 - the last year for which England and Wales official figures are available- there were 90 girls named Indigo, and 11 boys.

Inigo is a boy's name.

I'm so sorry for your losses but I really don't like it, for girls or boys

I would assume a girl. I’m not keen. Inigo is a male name, as PP said.

The only Indigo I’ve ever met (would be around 20 now) is a girl.

I don’t think it’s very fair to a child to enmesh it’s identity With the fact you have previously had miscarriages. It is a nice name thoughI

sn’t an ‘indigo child’ something to do with other-worldliness and general spiritually?

Beautiful name, I love it

I love the name but for a girl. 'Indigo' children are hyper sensitive/ feeling and are supposed to be very empathic and emotional.

I see it very much as a girls' name.

@SavoyCabbage

I don’t think it’s very fair to a child to enmesh it’s identity With the fact you have previously had miscarriages. It is a nice name thoughI

sn’t an ‘indigo child’ something to do with other-worldliness and general spiritually?

Yes, I agree with this. It's your baby's name, it should belong to him and him alone.

Just on the name itself, it definitely is more of a girls' name.

I like Indigo and the nickname Indie, I'd think of it as a boy's name.

I think it’s gorgeous for a boy 🙂 plus girls end up with boys names all the time so... go for it

Weird, I've never thought of it as a boys name, always a girls name!

I’ve never thought of it in that way before (associating the child with previous miscarriages).

I know a lot of people who chose names that reflect the notion of a ‘rainbow baby/miracle baby’ as a way of asserting that child’s existence to be a miracle and so longed for after endless struggle.

Indigo for us isn’t really about the meaning, more so it’s uniqueness however we felt it was quite fitting to also be a colour of the rainbow.

These are all ideas at the moment though as we aren’t even pregnant yet :)

Thank you so much everyone xx

I think its a beautiful name! Quirky without being too 'out there'

I have known 1 male dog and 1 girl called Indigo.

I knew a girl called Indigo.

Being honest I would assume a parent who was into New Age stuff but that's because I remember the book from the 1990s so that's possibly an out of date association.

Peppa Pig sings about Indigo.

" Oh we love indigoooooo"

It's a rainy sunny day......

I think of it as a girls name.

In the case of boys I think Indy Jones (Indiana Jones) is the association that people will think of.

Girls name to me.

Reminds me of that Jacqueline Wilson book where the shop is called Indigo.

Whatever you choose im sure it will work for you x

I do consider it unisex but I also think of dream catchers and crystals and that sort of thing.

I thought girl when I read it