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Indigo

IN-dih-go

Beautiful But Not Top 100 ↑ Rising

✦ Meaning

“Indian dye; from the Greek 'indikon', the deep blue dye from the Indus River region.”

Popularity Over Time

Indigo US popularity rank over timeRank 11481 in 1983 to rank 903 in 2021. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#903#6192#114811971198020002024

Currently ranked #922 in the United States.

Origin

GreekSanskrit

Syllables

3

Nicknames

IndieIndi

Style

NatureBoldCelestial

Famous Bearers

  • Indigo (colour in Newton's spectrum)

Collections

Celestial & Cosmic → Nature Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 →

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Colour name with Sanskrit/Greek roots; internationally understood.

People Also Ask

Indian dye; from the Greek 'indikon', the deep blue dye from the Indus River region.

Indigo is currently ranked #922 in the United States. It's trending up as more parents discover it.

Popular nicknames for Indigo include Indie, Indi.

Names that pair beautifully with Indigo include Phoenix, Orion, Celestine, Aurora, Seraphina.