Ash- short form of Ashley, or taken from the English word for the tree or the residue of fire
Lee- from the surname derived from the Old English leah meaning "clearing"
Raz- meaning "secret" in Hebrew
Arin- variant of Erin or Aaron
Bryn- meaning "hill, mound" in Welsh
Lian- meaning lotus, water lily" in Chinese
Neta- meaning "plant, shrub" in Hebrew
Sora- meaning "sky" in Japanese
Yuki- meaning "happiness" in Japanese
Briar- from the English word for the thorny plant
Carey- from the Irish surname derived from O Ciardha meaning "descendant of Ciardha"
Emery- Norman form of Emmerich meaning "universal power"
Evren- meaning "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish
Haven- from the English word for a safe place
Imani- meaning "faith" in Swahili
Jamie- originally a Lowland Scots diminutive of James
Kiran- derived from the Sanskrit (Kirana) meaning "sunbeam"
Lindy- originally a masculine name, it was later used as a diminutive of Linda
Logan- from a surname originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow" in Scottish Gaelic
Malak- meaning "angel" in Arabic
Osher- meaning "happiness" in Hebrew
Hayden- meaning "hay valley" in Old English
Kamala- meaning "lotus" or "pale red" in Sanskrit
Ronnie- diminutive of Ronald or Veronica
Averill- from a surname originally derived from the feminine given name Eoforhild
Shelley- from a surname originally derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank" in Old English
Remington- derived from the name of the town of Rimington in Lancasher meaning "settlement on the Riming stream"
Amahle- meaning "the beautiful ones" in Zulu
Ashton- derived from a place name that means "ash tree clearing" in Old English
Nash- Short for Nashville, the capital of Tennessee
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