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Indigo

Indigo: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Indian dye, indigo blue”
Origin
Greek
Say it
IN-di-go · 3 syllables
Used for
Both (77% girls, 23% boys since 1880)

Indigo comes through Greek and Latin from a word meaning 'from India,' referring to the blue-purple dye. As a given name, it is a modern color name.

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How popular is Indigo?

2024118 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Indigo in 2024391

2024 rank#922 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18804,807

Indigo is rising: use over the last five years is 4.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Indigo

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Angelmessenger · Greek
  • Phoenixdark red · Greek
  • Onyxclaw; black gemstone · Greek
  • Oceanocean, great sea · Greek
  • Parisuncertain meaning · Greek
  • Cleoglory · Greek
  • Psalmsacred song · Greek
  • Zephyrwest wind · Greek

Indigo questions

What does the name Indigo mean?

Indigo means "Indian dye, indigo blue". It comes from Greek. Indigo comes through Greek and Latin from a word meaning 'from India,' referring to the blue-purple dye. As a given name, it is a modern color name.

Is Indigo a boy or girl name?

Indigo is used for both: about 77% of US babies named Indigo since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Indigo?

391 US babies were named Indigo in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Indigo?

Indigo is usually pronounced IN-di-go.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.