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Thoughts...

Saralyn Isolde (fn after my surrogate sister)
Hadassah Grace (mn after dear friend)
Beatrix Olivia
Ava Elise
Charlotte Lilly (nn Lola) (Lilly is my mn and my great-grandmother's name)
-or-
Charlotte Viola

Elom Mikhail (mn after close friend)
Ajani Maddox (mn after close friend)
Liam Joaquin (fn after dear friend Will)
Israel Noam
Shiloh Emmanuel (fn after childhood mentor)
Shalom ~~Deshaun~~ Jesse (mn as variant of bf name)

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Saralyn Isolde - I love the name Isolde, but not with Saralyn as a first name.
Hadassah Grace - Again, I like Grace, but I'm not a fan of Hadassah.
Beatrix Olivia - I like Beatrix and I like Olivia, but not together.
Ava Elise - To many "uh" sounds in one name.
Charlotte Lilly (nn Lola) - I like this name, best, but I don't like the nn Lola for it. I'd be more likely to call her Lottie.

Elom Mikhail - Not a fan.
Ajani Maddox - I like Maddox, don't like Ajani.
Liam Joaquin - I like Liam, don't like Joaquin.
Israel Noam - I like both of these names, but not together.
Shiloh Emmanuel - Not a fan.
Shalom DeShaun - Don't like Shalom as a name, and I really dislike DeShaun. What's the point of capitalizing a second letter in the middle of a name?

The only one I like is Ava Elise.

I love Beatrix! :)

and Liam!

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Thanks for going through them all. Ajani and Elom are actually African names, which, since I'm adopting from Ethiopia and planning on living there, only makes sense. And Shalom is after a little girl I met in an orphanage while I was in South America. Deshaun is my least favorite, so if you have any ideas for a mn, I'd love an idea.

I actually like most of the names you've selected with the exception of DeShaun, Ajani and Maddox. DeShaun one seems like in snuck in from somewhere else, and Maddox is just another trendy celebrity baby name. The rest of the names you listed are a nice mix of classic, Biblical if not a little heavy on the trendy.

Are you expecting?

I'm actually working towards adopting.

The son of one of the ladies I used to work with named his daughter Ava Elise. She's adorable, and that's without my bias (my name is Elise).

I don't like any of your boys names. Hadassah's a bit much.

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