India is a girl's name of English origin meaning “Indus river and river.” Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 168 girls in the United States.
India belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “Indus river and river” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, India first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #299 in 2001, and in 2024 168 babies received the name — 23,868 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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India means “Indus river and river” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
India is a girl name. In 2024, 168 babies received the name in the US.
India comes from the English & American tradition.
India first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #299 in 2001, and 168 babies were given the name in 2024.
India is pronounced /ˈɪn.di.ə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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