Is Indiana a boy or girls name? Tell me what you think.

[newhampshire5]

What do you think? DP thinks of Indiana Jones but it seems quite feminine to me with 'Anna' on the end.

Indiana. It's a bit of a shithole and Gary, Indiana is one of the most dangerous cities in the United States.
That's your fun fact of the day brought to you by a born and bred 'merican.

Neither. Sorry: it's a state in the USA. It would be like calling your baby Texas or Michigan

It’s a state in USA.
Jennifer, Cressida, Phoebe, Artemis and Candida are girls names.

The only one I know is a boy

@cherryPavlova. Those names are girls names everywhere aren’t they.
Did you mean boys names

Indiana Jones was named after the dog, but I presume that was male. I think of it as a boys name and like it despite not normally liking place names. (But if means lord of the indians again thats male.)

[quote Awwlookatmybabyspider]@cherryPavlova. Those names are girls names everywhere aren’t they.
Did you mean boys names[/quote]
No, intended to be girls names. Ordinary, everyday girls names.
Boys have different names. Hugo, Ranulph, Christopher, Oliver. Ordinary boys names.

Indiana is not a real name.

Female, most names ending in -a feel female.

@CherryPavlova yeah and Candida is also a fungal infection

Oldham. How about Oldham. That’s a dump too. I think it sounds like a boy’s name though.

@CorianderQueen

Female, most names ending in -a feel female.

Gosh, how clever to know that.

The girls name predates the fungal infection name. It’s from the Latin Candidus. Pure or white, honesty, snowy depending on text being translated.

Well I have heard of Chester, Devon leicester and London so why not Oldham?

Girl

It’s the titular heroine of quite a famous novel by George Sand, published in the 19th century. So definitely a girl’s name.

I studied Italian so anything ending in A is female in my book! But really it’s a place name.

Girl's name, but at a push could use for either.

Ps have also seen Indyana for a girl

I only know girls called Indiana

As a place name it's unisex. If I saw it in writing I'd ask whether it was a boy or a girl.

I (U.K.) have lived in Indiana. Wouldn’t even consider using it as a name. It’s a State.
Have never met an Indiana.
If I heard it as a first name I’d assume a girl despite Indiana Jones.

It's an American state with unsavoury parts that you can smell before you see.

@lemonsquashie

Neither. Sorry: it's a state in the USA. It would be like calling your baby Texas or Michigan

I had a great great aunt called Texas, she was one of about a million siblings all given southern/south east place names. She was about 4’10 so unfortunately never grew into such a big name 😀

vote boy. I know one.

OP As I am sure you will have seen, Indiana is the US state that seems to want to collaborate with Trump in an utterly ghastly and sadistic last-minute execution spree.
Any ruler who seeks to enhance his prestige by killing people - yes, they are criminals but many of their convictions are deeply , deeply suspect - is worth nothing but the deepest contempt.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55236260

pence land.
Trump will surely burn in hell for what he is doing right now.
Absolutely disgusting and shocking.