so I decided to choose a meaningful African name for my girl name and a mostly family name for my boy name.

girl will be: Nyarai Chikere

which is pronounced near-rye sha-kir by its native Nigerians. but I will pronounce it either

Nya-ray or Ny-yar-ray Sha-care. not sure yet. but it means when read across: humble woman created by god.

and Mecayan Thomas Jann is still my boy pick. thomas is DF middle name and Jann is my father's middle name. jann is kinda girly but luckily bae agreed to it.