This name is very wearable in English-speaking countries and has a lovely meaning.

Related to the more common Solana, Salana has a pleasantly rhythmic pan-cultural feel.

Though this name is used for both boys and girls in Israel, in the U.S. it sounds decidedly masculine, with Zohara the feminine form. Has a futuristic macho feel.

A worthy update for Imani.

Lush and unusual.

There are many lovely day/month/seasonal names -- and this is one of the most intriguing.

One of many international versions of this classic.

Would undoubtedly be confused with the geographical Syria.

This name gained widespread attention via the actress Taraji P. Henson, who was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A variant is Taraja.

Fluttery and flighty. But there are a couple of names that mean butterfly you might consider, such as Yara and Farasha.

Feather, though it was used for a character in a Walter Mosley novel, seems too light and fluttery for a real-life girl.

Akosua means "born on a Sunday," which relates the name to the sun and thus to fire.

Unfashionable surname, best left in the forest with Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

A Czech surname derived from the word for "green", which has a certain spark.

The 19th-century Irish poet Jane Wilde (mother of Oscar Wilde) adopted Speranza as her nom de plume. The name also appears in Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, as one of the three virtues: Fidelia (Faith), Speranza (Hope), and Charissa (Charity) — daughters of Caelia (Heavenly). Related to Esperance (French) and Esperanza (Spanish).

Nadezhda is more familiar in the English-speaking world by its short forms, Nadia or Nadya. Well-used through the Slavic countries and Russia, Nadezhda was the name of Lenin's wife. Viewers of The Americans learned that this was the original Russian name of the spy known as Elizabeth Jennings, played by Keri Russell.

Cyane is a mythological Sicilian nymph who lived in a pool and whose name is an intriguing twist on the color name trend.

Strongly identified with peace-accord-seeking Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat.

Lucasta was invented by seventeenth century poet Richard Lovelace for a collection of poems dedicated to a lover named Lucy, and is familiar through the Eugene O'Neill play and film Anna Lucasta. Lucasta is a distinctive, rarely used choice and a logical extension of the Luke/Luc/Luca names.