fitting in a middle name

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My husband and I are adopting two children, and we have been talking a lot lately with them about names.  Legally, they are named Mastor Ishmael (5 years old) and Bryanna (3 years old, no middle name).  Mastor decided long ago that he does not like his name and wants to go by Matthew.  We have been calling him Matthew since the 3rd day he has lived with us.  Bryanna's name fits her, but I would like her to have a middle name, and I see this as my opportunity to have a little bit of say over my own child's name (yay!) I have spent years poring over what I would name my biological children if I ever had them, but now that I have a real, live 3-year-old in front of me with an established first name, I can't for the life of me settle on a middle name.  When the adoption is finalized, they will have our last name, so they will be:

Matthew Ishmael B----- (rhymes with beacon)
Bryanna _______ B-----

I am looking for suggestions for Bryanna's middle name.  I had always wanted my first daughter to have the middle name Betsy (it is a family name), but it just feels too cutesy and kind of weird with so many Bs.  I am leaning towards Alice right now, as Bryanna loves Alice in Wonderland (and so do I!), but I'm not sold on it the way it sounds.  I guess I am looking for something that sounds "right" between her first and last name, and something that fits in style with her brother's name. I am at a total loss!

These have been building up for a while...

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Been keeping a little list of names I’ve spotted at work and thought I’d finally get round to posting them all.

A couple of names I thought were really unusual Luzette Katrina and Harland.

I’ve never heard the name Luzette before and I’m not sure how to pronounce it. From what Google told me, it’s a Spanish name, which makes sense. Does anyone know any more about it? I actually love Harland and it makes me think of Justified and the characters in that (e.g. Arlo, Raylan, Boyd) and other names like Beau and Austin. It’s a very American name which I love (at least it comes across that way to me as an English girl.)

Talking of American names, as a side note, my dad has always said that him and his brothers have very American names (which he thinks was a sign of what was to come as his mum ran away with an American man when he was a kid…but that’s a different story!) My dad’s name is Dean and his brothers are called Daryl, Melvyn (nn Melly/Mel) and Lee. Does this come across as a particularly American sibset to anyone?

Talking of sibset’s, this is another one spotted at work: Breylin Ebony, Brogan Lucas and Mistie Rae. Blurgh. I like Lucas and I quite like Rae but all the others are not my cup of tea and all together…it’s just too much.

Also saw this but not sure if they are a sibset or cousins or something. They were definitely related somehow as four of them had the same surname. Anyway the names are Hallie, Brodie Eve, Chloe Nicole and Cody Neil (all the same surname) and Phoebe (only one with different surname). I love, love, love Hallie although it feels more like a nickname to me. Any ideas what name it could be a nickname for? I also really like Phoebe and it makes me think of Friends and that can never be a bad thing. Brodie is nice to but I always think of it as a boy’s name although I think that would be Brody.

Last one! I’ve always loved this name but was never sure of the spelling: Adrienne. I asked her about it and I’m pretty sure she said she pronounces it ah-dree-EHN although I prefer the pronunciation AY-dree-uhn (Like Adrian but for a girl :P) Probably one of my favourite girls names.

Sorry for such a long post, as I said been collecting these names for a while!

Thoughts?