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Tum Tum tum tum tummmmmmm!!
And the winner iiiiiiiis....
ELLERY CLARE (CHINESE NAME) COTTER
If you want to
see the Great Name Debate from the beginning, just
scroll down.
Dec 2005
Joe and I
have a hard time agreeing on what our new little darling
shall be called. We've said that we would like to a have
a "somewhat" Americanized name but I still keep going
back to the beautiful Asian names. If you'd like to vote
on a name, please feel free.
March 2006
Corrine Clare
(Chinese Name) Cotter
In the
beginning, here were the contenders.........
Lia Mei Cotter (Mei
(may) means plum)
(MeiMei also means little sister, kind of overused)
Lian Yin Cotter
(means silver lotus)
Lien (means
graceful willow or lotus)
This is my favorite name, it just keeps popping into my
mind
Update: I was cleaning out the attic and found my old
coffee table book of Chinese watercolor...the author's
name is Lian... it's a sign.
Li Li or Lilli
(Li means strong & beautiful) Lili or Lillie
(nah, too overused)
Luci Clare
Cotter
Sen (tall tree)
Li Sen (would
they call her "Sin"?)
Celia An Cotter
(An means peace)
Celia Lian
Cotter (Lian can mean graceful willow)
Sofia Lien
Cotter (nah,
too overused)
Lian Xi (shē-i)(means
loved lotus)
Sumey (soomee)(means
flower) or Sumei (soomay)
Joe's terrible list of names:
Elsie
(yah, I know, the cow)
Tillie
(not so terrible
but not a name for a grown up lady)
List of some names that were
considering before we decided on China:
Erin Clare Cotter
Celiegha Maire Cotter
Sofie Clare Cotter
Olivia Maire Cotter
Leigha, Lea, Lia
Louisa
Audrey
Marjorie
Milleigh Clare Cotter
Eleanor Clare Cotter
Holly Clare Cotter
Evelyn or Eve
MAY 2005
Ok well now after
months of calling her Corrine, Joe has decided that he
doesn't like the name. UGH, like he is the boss of
names, who left him in charge anyway?
Ok, darn it,
here we go again with the names:
Merrill
Ellery
Valerie
Langley
Holly
Laurelie Frances
Mariel Eliza
Eva Ava
Leah (Lia)
Lorelie
Lorrin
Loria Lorea
Louisa Sylvia Rosalind
Rosalie(Rosie)
Beatrice
PINK=He
likes
GREEN=The original list
BLUE=He doesn't like
Here are some
Chinese names and their meanings
that we have considered
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FEN |
fragrant, sweet smelling |
LING |
bell, chime, tinkling jade pieces |
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HAI |
sea |
MEI |
plum; beautiful |
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JIA |
beautiful |
MING |
shining, bright, clear; |
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JIA LI |
good and beautiful |
NING |
peace, rest, tranquillity |
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JIN |
gold, metal, money; elegant |
PING |
peaceful; Duckwood |
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JING |
crystal, sparkling; essence; pure |
SAN |
three |
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LAN |
orchid |
SHEN |
spiritual; deep-thinking |
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LEE |
plum |
SHING |
victory |
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LEI |
flower bud |
SUN |
bending or decreasing |
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LI |
strength; plum; beautiful |
TING TING |
slim and graceful |
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LIAN |
a graceful willow |
WEI |
great, strength; rose; precious |
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LIEN |
a lotus |
WEN |
cultured, refined, ornamental |
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LI MING |
beautiful and light |
XIA |
the glow of sunrise or sunset |
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LI MEI |
beautiful plum blossom |
XIU |
elegant, beautiful |
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LI NA |
beautiful, graceful |
YI JIE |
happy, pure |
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LIN |
forest; fine jade |
YIN |
silver; polite; sound |
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