Tuesday, September 1, 2009

We Have a Name!!

After a few days of debate and discussion, we've agreed on a name:

Zoë Mei-Lin

We think Mei-Lin is really pretty, and it is a combination of Mei-Mei and Lin. We have been calling "her" Mei-Mei since we first decided to adopt from China 4-5 years ago. Mei-Mei means little sister, and I think we'll continue to use it as a family nickname for her.

Lin is the name that she was given by her caregivers, and we wanted to keep a link to them and to her early months in China.

Together, Mei-Lin means beautiful forest, beautiful jade or plum jade.

As with the twins, she will also have Kate's surname as a middle name and then mine as her surname. It might seem a little clunky to have four names, but we think each of them has an important place.

3 comments:

karl lagerfeld, esquire said...

love it! mei-lin is a beautiful chinese name! well done! can't wait to meet the little bobbin.

Anonymous said...

it's beautiful! I love the meanings of it as well as the sound.

xo
lc

T-Lee said...

Hate it when my sister beats me to the punch! But I LOVE the name too!