it's been awhile

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Hi. I used to browse/post to this community a lot in April/May, but I've been computer-less for most of the summer. I'm Jewish and all my children are going to have Hebrew names (I'm not married yet, so it's awhile into the future)...however, I used to like to post asking how certain names would be received in the non-Jewish community...so, I currently have a list of seven names (and yes, it's possible that I may have that many children. I have no idea at this point. We'll see.) So:  

(ETA pronunciation, to the best of my phonetic-writing ability)

Miriam Chana (g) (Mee-ree-ahm Khah-nah) <--said gutterally, like Scottish "loch" or German "ach"
Ezra Aharon (b) (Ez-rah Ah-hah-roan)
Rivka Leah (g) (Riv-kah Lay-ah) <--NOT Lee-ah
Akiva Menachem (b) (A-kee-va Men-ah-khem) <--gutteral "ch" again
Hadassah Ruth (g) (Hah-dah-sah...I think everyone can pronounce Ruth)
Moshe Simcha (b)  (Moe-sheh Sim-kha) <--another gutteral "ch"
Tamar Aliza (g) (Tah-mahr Ah-lee-zah) <--NOT "Eliza"

These have somewhat changed from what my favorites used to be. I'm currently having a love affair with the names Miriam and Rivka and really want to use both as first names (my favorite used to be Rivka Miriam). What do you think?