Post by Stormtroopooper on Mar 16, 2016 11:16:15 GMT -5
We have chosen a special needs adoption agency, but we are waiting until I enter my last semester in my MA program (Spring 17!) before we begin the process. I'm so ready to be done with school!
Anyway, we will be adopting a visually impaired child and we are open to all ethnicities, but we are thinking about specifying the sex of the baby (female). We have our reasons, but judge away if you must.
Anyway, I want to choose a name that honors our child's heritage, and since we don't know what that will be, I would love some suggestions.
So far we like Evangelina (perhaps nn Eva) for a baby of Hispanic or Latina descent. And I love the name Zora for an African-American baby girl. I'm a big fan of Zora Neale Hurston, and I love what the name means.
I would love some more suggestions. I don't know many Asian, Indian, Hebrew, etc. names. I just want to have a working list in my head and a lot of names to draw from when the time comes.
Post by dreadpiratebuttercup on Mar 16, 2016 19:49:29 GMT -5
No judgment here on specifying the sex. You're not going this route just because you want a girl, and I'm sure you wouldn't be unhappy if you ended up with a boy for whatever reason.
I think Zora, and especially Evangelina, are lovely.
I can't really help with suggestions because I'm boringly white, but both Evangelina and Zora are great names, and the idea of honouring your future daughter's heritage is a lovely one.
Post by cabbagecabbage on Mar 17, 2016 8:57:41 GMT -5
I love Zora! Evangeline in all its forms just reminds me of the word evangelical and as I'm not religious the connotation is negative to me. My opinion seems the minority as many people love it.
I like Evangeline or Zora, so pretty! I'm not much help right now, but adopting a special needs baby sounds like a wonderful idea
The lady at the agency said that most of the children they work with that have visual disabilities are premies with ROP (retinopathy of prematurity), so I've been doing my home work.
I wish we didn't have to wait, but she said that since these babies are already born, the adoption process happens very quickly. They usually call and say "Go get her!" So it's good to have a long list of names on hand.
But if we felt led to adopt a little boy, we most definitely are not opposed. We just have no idea what we'd name him!
Post by spicysalmonroll on Mar 17, 2016 14:38:52 GMT -5
Loving all the ones listed so far. These are a few of my favorites: Greek- Melina (means little honey) Italian- Mariella Polish- Katarzyna, Sylwia (their spelling of Sylvia) Russian/Eastern European- Anastasia, Natasha, Katarina Japanese- Aya Hispanic- Maribel, Maritza Hebrew- Dorit
Post by Stormtroopooper on Mar 22, 2016 11:21:59 GMT -5
I was looking at Chinese names and like Mei Li (double name). I think it's pronounced "May Lee," but I'm not sure. Also, I noticed that BTN had a lot of these names as male or female and they usually have different definitions. Is this typical for Chinese names?
Just thought I'd chime in with some info or Chinese naming. There are no such things as set Chinese names. Basically, parents / family create each individual name. There are certainly characters that are used more frequently than others, but they can be put together in any combination along with any other number of characters. A name is typically composed of one family name (the surname) and then two given characters. The different definitions are because different characters have the same spelling in English, but actually are different characters and might be pronounced differently and have complety different meanings.
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