What's in a name?

Anyone who followed the process of our 2nd adoption knows we did a little name switcharoo at the end of the process. The adoption of Mazlin was initiated through a dream I had one night. I woke up the next morning and told Dennis I had the strangest dream. We adopted our 2nd daughter but we were troubled by the fact her name was Pearl and we didn't know if we wanted to go through with it. We both laughed it off and that afternoon Dennis started in on his relentless pursuit of a bigger family. When we first started the paperwork Mazlin's name was Pearl McGrath. It had so much meaning to us based on the dream and it was set as far as we knew. It was hard for me to come to terms with the fact I just wasn't feeling the name Pearl but how could we change it when it has so much meaning to us? Then I read an article and saw the name Mazlin and fell in love immediately. I called Dennis and he loved it just as much. So, Pearl was gone and Mazlin was born! I later found out not many people were into the name Pearl and happy we were considering a name change. Not to mention the fact she is every bit a Maz Mataz as we affectionately call her.

A pregnant friend of mine looking through baby books called and asked, "Did you know that Mazie is Greek for Pearl?"

It all makes sense now and will be much easier to explain when she wants to know why we changed her name. The English version just wasn't good enough for our little princess. :)