Thai Names

Amari is a name that's rising in popularity for both boys and girls in the US, used last year for about 2000 baby boys and 1000 baby girls. It's among the Top 20 gender neutral names.

The range of cultural origins and positive meanings adds to its appeal.

Amari

Seems unfamiliar, till you realize everyone will just hear it as Molly. In Wales, Mali is a Top 100 name.

Mali

Aroon, also spelled Haroon, is the mythic charioteer of the dawn.

Aroon

Simple, attractive, and worldly, would fit in with the Kierans and Kylans in the preschool class. It has its origins in Thai, from which it means "eternal", and in Hebrew, from which it may be a variation of Nir, meaning "plowed field" or used as an abbreviation of noled yeled rishon, meaning "first born son". 
 
Also used in Nigeria and a number of Arabic speaking countries, it may relate to a Yoruba word meaning "to have a memory" or "to have a (supernatural) vision", to a Persian word meaning "pomegranate" or an Arabic word meaning "fire".

Thai Names

The names

Amari

Mali

Aroon

Niran