Which baby girl name on this list do you prefer?

[georgarina]

Angelica
Seneca
Indira

Angelica - I used to know one, she went by 'Gelly'.

Seneca sounds like some kind of medical / cleaning product to me.

Indira is pretty, but very associated with Indira Ghandi and honestly, if you don't have any links with south Asia, I'd probably avoid using names from the region.

Indira if Indian. Seneca makes me think of the Hunger Games (male).

@MooseMoose @Anibas thanks, is Indira commonly only an Indian name - as in it would be weird to use it otherwise? I know of Indira Gandhi but hadn't heard it elsewhere and thought it was beautiful. It doesn't have any cultural/geographic associations in my mind

@georgarina Yes, I know of Indira Varma the actress, too. I'm half Indian though and don't personally know anyone named that, but it is of Sanskrit origin. I suppose some people could think it's cultural appropriation.

Angelica

Angelica

Indira.

I have to say I do not like the others at all.

Indira is nice, but English people tend to mispronounce it. (It has the stress on the first syllable - IN-di-ra not in-DEER-a.) If you say it correctly it sounds a lot like the name India.

Seneca is a male name to me, as in the Roman name.

Angelica isn't my style, but it's fine as a name.

I'd go with Angelica

I like Indira but agree that if you're in the U.K., most people will mispronounce it with the stress on the wrong syllable .

Angelica - the -lica makes me say no, Angela would be nice.

Seneca, one of the Haudenosaunee nations comes to my mind first so to me it's like naming someone Scotland, but I wouldn't expect a British family to be making or really know that & it's not like place names aren't used. Based solely on sound, it's the best, but not one I'd recommend. Maybe Senka or Senara?

Indira is one of the names of the wife of Vishnu so it would be a bit surprising if no connection.

[quote georgarina]**@MooseMoose* @Anibas* thanks, is Indira commonly only an Indian name - as in it would be weird to use it otherwise? I know of Indira Gandhi but hadn't heard it elsewhere and thought it was beautiful. It doesn't have any cultural/geographic associations in my mind[/quote]
It's a Sanskrit name and I haven't heard it used widely elsewhere. It's very pretty. I think cultural appropriation in relation to names is a bit of a tricky one - I think it really depends on the specific name. I'm white and British and given the UK's history of colonialism in India, I feel like it would be inappropriate for me to use a name like Indira or Priya, or particularly India, for my daughter. However, there are other names, which I would feel ok about using e.g. Layla, a name with Arabic / Persian / Hebrew origins, I suppose because it's much more popular and well known, and has been used in the UK for a long time. I wouldn't use an Irish name, like Saoirse, as I have no Irish links, but I'd feel fine about using the Scottish Isla, which is much more popular. It's a tough one, and very subjective.

Indira

Angelica and Indira. Seneca is an austere Roman meets laxative.

Out of those, Angelica.
Seneca is famously male.
Indira only if you have links to India.

Love Indira!

Angelica

@MooseMoose well said!

I’m not one to generally worry about appropriating names, but Indira is a bit weird if you have no cultural connection

Seneca is an ancient Roman male philosopher, which is why it gets used a lot as an education brand name, so that is also a bit weird

So Angelica I guess

Angelica