Indiana
in-dee-AN-ah
American place-name
"land of the Indians"Share
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Indiana Origin and Meaning
The name Indiana is a girl's name meaning "land of the Indians".
Indiana is one of those place-names (think Camden and Trenton) that sounds cooler than the place that inspired it. Its fashionable -ana ending certainly sounds eminently name-like, and Indie/Indy/Indi is one of the hottest nickname names for girls right now.
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Indiana Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Indiana
- Indiana Rose EvansAustralian singer and actress
- Indiana MassaraAustralian singer and actress
- Indiana Fletcher Williamsfounder of Sweet Briar College
- Indiana Hawke(b. 2011) daughter of actor Ethan Hawke
- Indiana Willow Didak (b. 2012)daughter of footballer Alan Didak
- Indiana Boon Feek (b. 2014)daughter of country duo Joey & Rory Feek
Indiana in Pop Culture
- Indiana19th of the 50 American states
- Indiana Delmaretitle character in George Sand's novel Indiana (1832)
- Indiana Fruskwife of James J. Rolliver in The Custom of the Country (1913) by Edith Wharton
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