India Rose

cmrc7981

I love the name India Rose for our baby girl who is due this winter.  My husband likes the sound of it but thinks it seems like we are naming her after the country. I think it sounds beautiful and feminine, but I don't know if it's too out there.  Thoughts?

folkfemme

I like it! We have a friend Indie, and it's a great name. 

I do think you should reconsider a middle name that isn't a noun though. With the first name being a country, Rose seems a bit too literal. 

llewzier

The name India has grown on me since my husbands cousin named his daughter India. I do think a different middle name would be better. The little girl I know is India Adaline. Which I thought is really pretty.

I think anyone who has never heard the name will think of the country first. But a few celebs have used it recently so it will become a more heard name with time. 

buggal28

India is very Gone With the Wind.

plunderb

For me, it depends on why you are using this particular name. What does it mean to you?

I would not use this name because of its colonialist history. Lots of rich Brits started naming their daughters India in the 19th century because it sounded exotic. That gives the name an icky association for me.

orleyl

Its not my style but if u use it I agree with pp about using a different middle name that isn't a noun. Seems like it reads an Indian Rose.

aessary03

I'm not a fan, sorry. The "India" doesn't conjure up warm fuzzies for me. I just think of the country.

I have a cousin who named his kid Indiana and they call her Indie. I'm not a huge fan of that either. lol I think he did it because he was a fan of Indiana Jones. 

austenreader85

It's really grown on me since a friend used it, though I had an aquaintance named it before too. I think of it as an old Southern name a la Gone With the Wind. India Rose is pretty but Rose is getting so overdone as a middle name. Along the same lines as Rose I think India Violet is beautiful.

rockopera

buggal28:

India is very Gone With the Wind.

This.  But I like it. Rose is nms, and I don't think it flows that well with India.

oliversmom03

It's nms

anvloveskme

I kind of like it but agree with others that Rose doesn't flow that well

pettycrocker

It's a beautiful name, and I think it sounds really pretty with Rose. 

pettycrocker

buggal28:

India is very Gone With the Wind.

Lol this was the first thing I thought too, but I still love the name.  

bonita_darling

I like it, but isn't this what one of those Hemsworth guys just named a kid? Even so, if you like it, it's very pretty and you should use it:)

Manderlin923

I really like India, actually, but not with Rose. What about:

India Jane

India Ruth

India Elise

India Marie

India Nicole

etc?

Lue94

I love it. India and Rose

groovygirl858

I think of the country.

mrsmaverick

bonita_darling:

I like it, but isn't this what one of those Hemsworth guys just named a kid? Even so, if you like it, it's very pretty and you should use it:)

Yes, Chris Hemsworth named his daughter India Rose this year, and that's immediately what I thought of. It's pretty, though.

julia55e

I think it's beautiful!