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India is also used as a masculine given name. However, it's more common for females. So, I think that the "Gender" of this name should be updated from "Feminine" to "Feminine & Masculine".Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unisex_name (English speaking world, Origins Section)
Also Spanish (Modern).There are 2,200 bearers of this name in Spain, and the average age of the bearers is 4 (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística). [noted -ed]
The name India was given to 261 girls born in the US in 2015.
India was especially popular in the 2000s. I am 14, nearly 15, and I have known 7 India's around my age. And it must be somewhat popular- There is a Rainbow Fairy called India the Moonstone fairy, after all!
I am half Indian with an Indian name. My partner is white and when my second daughter was born I wanted to give her an Indian name after my grandmother but my partner said if she has dark skin then fine, if not it might not fit. She was as pale as can be with blue eyes and Sandy hair. I still wanted to honor my Indian heritage so we called her India and it sooo suits her, plus my Indian family love it! It's not nonsense or a cliche. It's classy x.
The name was used the most in 2000 for newly born babies.
India had been used as a given name long before the British even set foot in India. There's no evidence that it was used solely in/became popular among upper classes in the past or now. The name sees widespread use among girls from all walks of life and is fairly popular, having never ranked less than #226 in the England & Wales data.
India began to be used as a name by British families with a connection to the subcontinent during the Raj. Still to this day it's most frequently seen used among the British upper classes (e.g. India Hicks).

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