My husband glanced at my names when I was typing on here earlier and said “I still really like [name]Indigo[/name] the best” so we started talking about it. I said “and the nickname [name]Indy[/name] is so cute!” and he was like “Doesn’t that sound a little, I dunno, racist or something?” I had never thought about it before. [name]Indy[/name] = [name]Indian[/name]? He said that most Native Americans do not like being called Indians and that [name]Indy[/name] kind of gave him that vibe. Now I’m all confused. Is he crazy? Or is that a legitimate concern? 
Never heard that term for [name]Indian[/name]. It makes me think of [name]Indie[/name] [name]Rock[/name]. I dislike the name [name]India[/name] though.
I have never thought that [name]Indy[/name] is a racist term/name. I make a lot of other connections first- [name]Indiana[/name] [name]Jones[/name] or the [name]Indy[/name] 500. I don’t think you need to worry, [name]Indy[/name] would be an adorable nickname for a little girl!
Any time I hear [name]Indy[/name], I think if [name]Indiana[/name] [name]Jones[/name]… and that always brings pleasant thoughts. 
And If you spelled it [name]Indy[/name] or [name]Indie[/name]… it’s cute either way. Good luck!
Idie rock, indiana, [name]Indiana[/name] [name]Jones[/name], and the Indy500 all come to mind first. Definitely not racist.
I dislike [name]India[/name] and wouldn’t use it for that reason, but I don’t get the same sense from [name]Indigo[/name] nn [name]Indy[/name] or [name]Indi[/name].
I think of indie movies, indie rock, hipsters.
That said, [name]Indi[/name] is a pretty simple nickname - I think a person could make it her own.
I think [name]Indy[/name] is fine. As far as I know, [name]Indy[/name] is not a racist term.
I had never thought of it either. I always thought of [name]Indiana[/name] [name]Jones[/name] and how everyone called him [name]Indy[/name]. Maybe my husband is just weird. I wouldn’t exclusively use the nickname if I used [name]Indigo[/name] anyway, just occasionally. I thought I would shorten [name]Rowan[/name]'s name because I have a habit of shortening names but I always call her [name]Rowan[/name]. But [name]Indigo[/name] is 3 syllables, not 2… so I might shorten it to [name]Indy[/name] more often.
Nope. I don’t think you need to worry about it at all. There are so many other connections that [name]Indy[/name] legitimately has that I can’t imagine people connecting it to “Indians”–certainly not in any negative way. Unless your kid starts dressing like Native Chief I don’t think you’ll have to worry.
Nah, never heard of that one either! I think of [name]Indiana[/name] [name]Jones[/name] as well. I think you’re husband is just very aware of the PC brigade that’s very much in vogue at the moment and is probably just afraid your child would be at the wrong end of the stick, but whether it’s legitimise or not, I genuinely don’t think it is!
Not offensive. In fact, many Native Americans prefer the term “[name]Indian[/name]”, because the term Native American is kind of a small, superficial effort to make up for genocide and appropriation and… yes. I say this as someone with many [name]Indian[/name] relatives/having lived in [name]Montana[/name] where you get the stink-eye if you say “Native American”. That said, [name]Montana[/name] is one place, where as people in different regions may prefer different things.
Either way, I’ve never heard “[name]Indy[/name]” used as a slur.
Show your husband this:
[name]Indie[/name]:
noun – an independently owned business: to work for an indie.
noun – an independent film or record company
adjective – (of a person) self-employed; (of a business) privately owned: an indie film producer.
[name]Indy[/name]
noun – Indianapolis, Ind.
noun – the Indianapolis 500.
adjective – of or pertaining to the Indianapolis 500: an [name]Indy[/name] race car.
I don’t see anything listed about Indians, either from [name]India[/name] or from the Americas.
I’m very against names with possible offensive connotations, but [name]Indy[/name] does not give that vibe at all.
My husband is half Navajo. His grandparents lived on a reservation in [name]Arizona[/name]. But he has been separated from his mother’s side of the family most of his life. He is not in touch with that side of his heritage, I suppose. Maybe he is overly sensitive or too PC to compensate for not knowing about the culture. Who knows.
I don’t think so. [name]India[/name] is one of our top girls names and we plan on using the NN [name]Indi[/name] too Very cute and not at all offensive!
Yeah, I was going to say that I vaguely remembered you disclosing that he was Navajo. If he finds it possibly offensive, then I think that trumps the feelings of all the non-Native Americans.
I think it could be just him, honestly. I have a strong [name]Seneca[/name] ancestry on my father’s side and I have done quite a lot of investigation into our culture - I’ve never seen anything where [name]Indy[/name] was considered offensive. In fact, I’ve found more offense coming from using names of tribes as children’s names than anything to do with “[name]Indy[/name]”.
I’m not saying he doesn’t have a right to feel the way he does, but that doesn’t mean it’s the entire group.
As someone with an [name]Asian[/name]-[name]Indian[/name] background, I find the name [name]India[/name] horribly offensive. But I don’t have any issues with [name]Indy[/name].
HOWEVER, if your husband finds it offensive, then I’d say that supersedes.
Yeah, [name]India[/name] is one that kind of crosses a line with me, there are a lot of bad connotations that it brings up.
I do find it to be a bit racial, (and I’m not [name]Indian[/name] or Native American) and would personally completely avoid it. It’s also a reason why I’m not fond of [name]India[/name], or other country names on people who aren’t from that country, or don’t have significant ties to it.
It can rub people the wrong way.