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Hi, I missed this post before. This is just to let you know that the translations have been done pretty freely. The meanings can probably be considered correct in some sense (except possibly venisha and ameena which are probably not from Sanskrit: I will be doubtful of the quoted meaning of venisha though), but read on to see.

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Chetana/Chetna is the abstract noun from the root chit, to perceive (maybe related to English see) and the meaning is better translated as sentient.
Archana is from the root arch, which originally meant to shine or be brilliant, but most often means to pray, and archana means to pray. The meaning dedication to god (or parents, or elders, or whoever needs to be honoured) is,therefore, pretty indirect.
Anisha with a short i does mean continuously from its root meaning sleepless (from either a root cognate with night, or one which means dreams and related to the root for lying down); but one finds the form with long i much more commonly: that one means, literally, one without a master (from ish, to lord), and is often used for the supreme being.
Vinanti from nam, to bend or bow with cognates in many Indoeuropean languages, means a person who is praying. vinati means the prayer itself, but the details may differ according to the modern Indian language it is taken from.
Achala is from chal/char, to move, again with many cognates, means unmoving.
Agrima is from agra, foremost, from ang to move. It means the foremost position (like an ordinal derived from front), but I have never heard it as a name.
Lagan comes from lag, to stick, but sometimes, in later language, means to begin. It does mean to stick to something in the metaphorical sense, i.e. dedication, but I have not heard this as a name either. (The movie called lagan has a different vowel, and through a different path has come to mean a sticky burden, or a tax).
Jagruti is a west Indian transliteration of jAgRti, from jAgR, cognate with the root of vigil, and means awakefulness.