choked with emotion

So overwhelmed with an emotion, either positive or negative, as to be unable to speak clearly or at all. I was positively choked with emotion by all the lovely speeches at my retirement party.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ernestina	-	Italian
Vanesa	-	Czech, Slovak
Josefine	yo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
Constance	KAHN-stənts (English), kawn-STAWNS (French)	English, French
Domnika	-	Macedonian
Meridith	MER-ə-dith	English (Rare)