Meaning & Origin
NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter I.
India is a girl's and boy's baby name of Latin origin, derived from the Indus River, the great waterway that gave the Indian subcontinent its name. As a given name, it evokes adventure, spice routes, and the romantic mystique of the East.
India gained prominence in the English-speaking world through aristocratic British families who had connections to the subcontinent, and was famously used in Gone with the Wind (India Wilkes). It carries a worldly, free-spirited energy that sits comfortably alongside names like Savannah, Cairo, and Adelaide.