URGENT: referral for adoption expected this week and we still don't have a name!!!

[gaz]

We are adopting a girl from China and we should receive our referral in days....and we still do not have a name! Everytime we think we have it figured out, it falls apart for one of us!
What makes is hard, I think is that she will be our 5th....and trying to find a name we like that 'goes' with the other names is apparently tough!

Siblings names are
Ethan Blake (he is a TEEN so we used this name way before its major jump in the list!)
Reece Caleb
Nathan Jeremiah (he is called Jeremiah)
Tess Eliana


Name meanings are important to us.... doesn't have to be the most AWESOME meaning but we do not want a negative meaning. And we want at least one of the names to be biblical or at least a "God" meaning like Eliana.

SOME names we've considered are Meredith, Audrey, and Annalise.

We are just so muddled now we need some outside opinions and help!
Thanks!

[taz]

Naomi Annalise is really pretty & I think it goes really well with the other names. I really love Tess & Naomi together.

Veronica
Vera

[catloverd]

Are you planning on keeping her Chinese name as her middle name? (personally I advocate for this since it's part of the child's culture, but I can't force you to keep her name) If so you might want to see if the name flows well with her name before choosing.

Some other names that mean god:
Abrielle - god is my strength
Arielle/Ariella - Lion of god
Amaris - promised by god
Evana - god is gracious
Giovanna - god is gracious
Michelle - who is like god
Elise - god is my oath
Elizabeth - god is my oath
Isabelle -god is my oath
Liana - my god has answered

[gaz]

Yes! We will keep her Chinese name as a second middle name...we did this with Tess as well, but for privacy reasons, i didn't post it here!

[violetgray]

I go to school with an adopted Chinese girl names Anneliese She goes by Annie. I think Annalise goes best with your other kids names, then Audrey. I like Meredith but it always seems to "grown up" for a little girl IMO.

Some "biblical" Suggestions:
Hannah
Leah
Maren (variant of Mary)
Abigail
Lydia
Natalie
Adah
Eden
Madeline
Chloe
Eva
Tabitha
Phoebe
Shiloh
Eliza
Gabrielle
Jordan
Evangeline
Ayla
Sadie

Some non-biblical names:
Lily
Jade
Mia
Quinn
Harper
Brooke
Wren
Lucy
Sage
Nora
Amelia
Violet
Sophie
Lorelei

[catloverd]

Yes! We will keep her Chinese name as a second middle name...we did this with Tess as well, but for privacy reasons, i didn't post it here!

That's great!

Of your list I think Annalise would work the best.

Meredith seems dated and Audrey just isn't very appealing, but I do like Aubrey

[danishnames]

I actually like both Meredith, Audrey and Annalise. Annalise contains of course both Anna and Elizabeth which both are biblical so you could just go with Annalise + Chinese middle name.

[loraena]

Congratulations! I am so happy for you - I'm an adoptive mama also and my daughter's name is Eliana. Tess has been on our list also, but we ended up deciding it's less than ideal with our last name.

I would suggest:
Phoebe
Evangeline
Ruby
Clara
Annabel
Adelaide (a top runner if/ when we have another girl)
Lucy
Isabel

[gaz]

Of those suggested so far, we like

Adelaide
Clara
Eleanor
Violet
Elise

Any other suggestions??

[ellieberry]

Here are some more Saint's names:
Agatha
Agnes
Amy
Ava
Ariadne
Bernadette
Cecilia
Elodia
Gemma
Genevieve
Colette
Edith
Gwen
Iona
Juliana
Katherine
Laura
Louise
Lucy
Matilda
Marina
Olivia
Regina
Sabina
Silvia
Rose
Sophia
Tatiana