India

India is a feminine given name derived from the name of the country India, which takes its name from the Indus River. The name was used for India Wilkes, a character in the novel and movie Gone with the Wind. Its use for girls in England began during the British rule in India during the 19th century. It has been used for daughters of aristocratic families in England that had ties to Colonial India, such as India Hicks.
The name has ranked in the top 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States since 1970. It was the 690th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007, down from 567th place in 2006. Prior to 1970, it had last ranked among the top 1,000 names given to girls in that country between 1900 and 1910. It has been in use in the United States as a girls name since at least 1880, the earliest year records are available. It was the 217th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007.

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"the Indian subcontinent, central Asia south of the Himalayas," formerly sometimes used generally for "Asia;" since 1947 specifically in reference to the Republic of India, Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Greek India "region of the Indus River," later used of the region beyond it, from Indos "Indus River," also "an Indian," from Old Persian Hindu, the name for the province of Sind, from Sanskrit sindhu "river." The more common Middle English form was Ynde or Inde, from Old French (hence Indies). The form India began to prevail again in English from 16c., perhaps under Spanish or Portuguese influence.

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Body of water.

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Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	India Summer	1975	American pornographic actress
2	India Eisley	1993	American actress
3	India de Beaufort	1987	English television actress
4	India.Arie	1975	American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and flautist
5	India Hicks	1967	British model
6	India Ennenga	1994	Actress
7	La India	1969	Singer of salsa and House music
8	India Gants
9	India	1977	American pornographic actress and rapper
10	India Fisher	1974	British actress
11	India Reynolds	1990	Model
12	India Allen	1965	American model and actress
13	India Jane Birley	1961	British artist
14	India Knight	1965	British journalist
15	India Menuez
16	India Longford
17	India Desjardins	1976	Canadian writer
18	India Martínez	1985	Spanish female pop singer
19	India Casiraghi	2015
20	Demetrius II of India		Indo-Greek king
21	India Wilkes
22	India Mahdavi	1962	French architect and designer
23	India Catalina	1495	Indigenous Colombian translator and intermediary
24	India Adams		American singer
25	India Hair	1987	French actress
26	India Edwards	1885	American politician
27	India Trotter	1985	Association footballer
28	India Scandrick		American actress
29	India Boyer	1907	American architect
30	Yaqob of India
31	Bernardino India	1528	Italian painter
32	India Grey		British writer
33	Jesús India	1953	Spanish association football player
34	India McPeak	1996