We are a family that have been expecting our second child for over four years now. We started the adoption process in the spring of 2006, submitted our paperwork to China in September of 2006 and have been waiting patiently for a child since. We finally we got our referral and plan to have the process completed and travel to China this coming spring!

Monday, February 14, 2011

The Name Game

We had a difficult time with choosing a name. As I said in a previous post, there are lots of considerations when you have a Chinese girl with an Italian last name.

Rejected were the likes of Matilda, Emma, Lucia, Prudence, Amelia, Violet/violetta, Ella, Stella, Fiona and Mia.

There were plenty others too. I did like Mia, but in the end it didn't make the cut. One name I liked more for the meaning than the names was Giada. Since her name now is Nan Yu, which means southern jade (I know, stripper name totally) i thought the Italian translation would be cool. Too Italian, but cool.it

IN the end we agreed on Beatrix. It is Italian, but has a bit of a oddness and I think works ok with the Chinese aspect. The "x" is prevalent in Chinese so it doesn't look and feel so strange on her.

So here she is, Beatrix Nan Yu:
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