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Looks like this is a perfect opportunity for me to steal the spotlight lol...

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Anyway, I have a long list of names that I feel like randomly adding on here, so it might be fair for me to split them into groups. The meanings of kanji and/or words can be found on jisho.org.

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Old Feminine Names:
Hatsu (hahts, hah-tsuu - can mean "beginning" 初)
Shige (shee-ge - can mean "be luxuriant" 茂 or "heavy" 重)
Tora (toh-ṙah - can mean "tiger" 虎)
Sayo (sah-yo - can mean "evening" when used as a word 小夜)
Kan (kahn - can mean "perception" 勘)
Kuma (kuu-mah - can mean "bear" 熊)
Sue (suu-e - can mean "close" or "end" 末)
Tatsu (tah-tsuu - can mean "dragon" 龍 or it can represent the sign of the dragon 辰)
Iso (ee-so - can mean "beach" 磯)
Shimo (shee-mo - can mean "frost" 霜)
Kon (kon - can mean "navy," as in the colour 紺)
Kuni (kuu-nee - can mean "country" 国)
Ryū (ṙyuu - can mean "willow" 柳 or "dragon" 龍)
Riki (ṙee-kee - can mean "power" 力)
Seki (se-kee - can mean "barrier" 関)
Shina (shee-nah - can mean "refinement" 品)
Mina (mee-nah - can be combined with one kanji meaning "beauty" 美 and another which does have meanings but Mike describes it as a 'phonetic character' 奈)
Shin (sheen - can mean "new" 新)
Sugi (suu-gee - can mean "cedar" 杉)
Rui (ṙuu-ee - can mean "variety" 類)
Ben (ben - can mean "petal" 弁)
Mine (mee-ne - can mean "mountain peak" 峯)
Kuri (kuu-ṙee - can mean "chestnut" 栗)

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There are already loads of names that I put on this section. By the way, these types of names above in the Edo Period are almost always written in hiragana (at least that's the case for commoners), so it's not possible for us except some to know what it exactly means, but I did encounter a fair few in a book by Bun'ei Tsunoda whose names are written in kanji.

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Old Masculine Names:

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I promise you, this list is much shorter than the one above. Also, these are the names that I've found on one of the image-only records on FamilySearch.
Zenzō ((d)zen-(d)zo:) - 善蔵
Ichirōemon (ee-chee-ṙo:-e-mon) - 一郎右ェ門
Kiyoji (kee-yo-jee) - 喜代治/喜代次
Yohē (yo-he:) - 與兵衛
Tamesuke (tah-me-ske, tah-me-suu-ke) - 為助
Toramatsu (to-ṙah-mahts, to-ṙah-mah-tsuu) - 寅松
Kosaburō (ko-sah-buu-ṙo:) - 小三郎
Kisabē (ksah-be:, kee-sah-be:) - 喜三兵衛
Seishichi/Masashichi (se:/mah-sah-shchee, se:/mah-sah-shee-chee) - 政七

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Modern Names:

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These are several names I submitted since I registered that are classified by me as 'modern.' Pronunciation is on the entries for these names.
Atomu (unisex, mainly boys)
Jurian (feminine)
Kamui (masculine)
Monami (feminine)
Myū (unisex, mainly girls)
Raito (masculine)
Reo/Reon (unisex, mainly boys)
Tōka (feminine)
Tsukushi (feminine)

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My opinions:
Based on sound, I like:
Tora, Shimo, Shina, Rui

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Kiyoji, Yohē

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Monami, Myū

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Based on the look of the letters, I like:
Tora, Kan, Tatsu, Kon, Ryū, Riki, Seki, Shin, Sugi, Rui, Ben, Mine

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Zenzō, Toramatsu, Kisabē

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Kamui, Monami, Reo

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Based on their meanings, I like:
Hatsu, Sayo, Kan, Tatsu, Iso, Ryū, Riki, Mina, Ben, Mine

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Zenzō, Kiyoji, Yohē, Tamesuke, Toramatsu

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Jurian, Monami, Tsukushi

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Sorry if this reply is too long but I hope you found some inspiration from these names. :)

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My PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149249
My blog: https://maybeitisdaijirou.wordpress.com