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Arabella doesn't mean answered prayer. It maybe means "lovable" which is really nice though. Also interestingly it contains the Latin elements ara (curse) and bella (war). How deliciously complex.

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Anyways, how about:

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Eliana (my God has answered)
Nima (blessing)
Ekundayo (sorrow becomes joy)
Atiya (gift)
Dara (gift)
Jesse (gift)
Theodore, Theodora, Dorothea, Dorothy (gift from god
Beatrix (voyager, traveller - with the poetic meaning that the baby travelled a long way to get here) - also Beatrix is associated with beata (blessed), so you could sort of say it means "blessed arrival, blessed traveller"

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...and in that same vein on poetic arrivals
Ferdinand (a brave journey)
Dayo (joy arrives)
Maeva (welcome)
Aspasia (welcome, embrace)
Evangeline (good news)

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