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Dinah and Asenath can be found in the database. They mean "judged" and "she belongs to her father" respectively, according to BtN.

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Mahlia may be a form of Mahlah. Adinah's probably a form of Adina.

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Miranda

I'll try!

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According to what I've learned, Asenath means "bush", because the little girl was found abandonned under a bush. According to Jewish tradition she was the daughter of Dinah and adopted by an Egyptian.

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http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/60.html

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As for Dinah, her name is traditionally made of the same letters as nida ("impure") for she was the reincarnation of Amtalai, the mother of Abraham, who voluntarily conceived him without respecting the laws of family purity (http://judaism.about.com/od/sexinjudaism/a/familypuritylaw.htm) - what happened to Dinah was the punition for it.

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Alit: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=15288 or http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=6896

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Adinah: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=1880

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Uzit: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=1922

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Hadorah: I've only found this http://www.hebrewletters.com/results.cfm?keywords=hadora&cfstart=1

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Adon: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=5756

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Ardiah: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=2469

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Mahlia: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=2014

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Arbat: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=6826

This is just from scratch:

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ELYORAM – God lifts up / has lifted up (from the dust)
DINAH – Right (God has proved that I am right and those, who were mocking about me having no children, aren’t; one possible interpretation)
ADINAH – „delight“ (cf. EDNA), in the bible Adina is masc.
ALIT – from „ala“? (ascend)
ELFLALET – no idea! „elef“ usually means „thousand“, „lalet“ reminds me of „layil“ (night), but who stole the last night?
MERIMIT – He lifts up (see above) + fem. ending -it
UZIT – Power (of God?) + fem. ending -it
ADON – Lord, Master (probably not of Hebrew origin, but rather masc.)
HADORAH – „hadar“ means „splendour, glory“ (usually of God)
ARDIAH – There is the masc. name ARD meaning „hump-backed“
MAROSHAH – „rosh“ means „head“, the verbal root does not seem to exsist, but the name could still be a participle („put on top“?)
ASENATH – belonging to (consecrated to) Neith (am Egyptian deity)
MAHLIA – „illness“ (?)
ARBAT – „(number?) four“ (?)

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I found this:

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http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/historygeography/TheLegendsoftheJewsVolume2/chap2.html