Traditions

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So I just found out I'm 6wks pregnant, and obviously have a long way to go before naming the little sesame seed in person.  But of course I can't help myself and have been thinking about names since the day I found out I was expecting.

One thing I am certain of is that I don't want to find out the gender before birth, so I will need male and female options.  

Here's my criteria, maybe you can help me think of different possibilities:

I was raised half Jewish and half Catholic.  I never really thought much about naming traditions in either faith, but I do know that I was named using the Jewish naming tradition of after the most recently deceased relative (indirectly).  What I mean: my grandma died while my mom was pregnant with me, and her name was Lieselotte, I was named with an L name (Leslie) in honor of her.  And now that I am pregnant myself I kind of want to keep that tradition.  My most recently deceased relative is my grandpa, Thomas Daniel.  I don't want to use the name Thomas itself, but I would like to honor him in some way.  The only T name I really can think of that I like is Timothy, so maybe you can help me think of more.  (please don't suggest Thomasina)

The other tradition that my fiance's family uses, is that the first boy's middle name is their fathers name.  So if we have a boy his middle name would have to be Adam.  They don't have any naming traditions for girls.

What are some names that honor Thomas, for both girls and boys?  And what are some boy name combos that go well with Adam as the middle?

I generally like traditional names for boys (like Charles and Timothy) and am much more all over the place with girl names (for example I like Juniper, Lindsay, and Ayla) and find it much harder to find girl names I like.

Squee! I'm so excited to be having a baby!!