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275+ Hot Names That Mean Fire & Fiery Things

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Why Choose A Fire Name For Your Baby?

Fire is powerful. It also symbolizes passion, energy, and warmth. So, it isn’t surprising that some parents choose fire names for their babies.

We’ve prepared this list of 275+ hot baby names that mean fire and fiery things for your little one. 

Most of these names mean fire or flame, but we also include fire-related things, including fire starters (such as lightning) and celestial bodies that are “on fire” (e.g., the sun and the stars).

Let’s take a look at the meaning and origins of these fire names below. We’ve also added their popularity ranks from real births registered with the SSA (Social Security Administration). (1)

 

Aiden

 

  • Meaning: Best boy name that means “fire” or “little fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ay-den”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #29
  • Namesakes/Description: English musician Aiden Grimshaw and British-American fashion model Aiden Curtiss
  • Variants: Aidan, Aiddan, Aidden, and Aodhán (traditional Irish name)

 

Bridget 

 

  • Meaning: Aesthetic girl name that means “strength,” “exalted one,” “power,” or “fire”
  • Pronunciation: “breed-jet”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #791
  • Namesakes/Description: Australian stock car racing driver Bridget Burgess and American model and reality TV star Bridget Christina Marquardt 

 

Cyrus

 

  • Origin: Persian name for boys
  • Meaning: Name that means “sun” or “one who bestows care”
  • This wholesome boy’s name also means “one who cares or is friendly and warm”
  • Pronunciation: “sai-ruhs”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #326
  • Namesakes/Description: Kenyan visual artist Cyrus Kabiru and celebrity kid Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy (son of English actor Hugh Dancy and American actress Claire Danes)
  • Variants: Kyros and Kyrus

 

Ember

 

  • Origin: English nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Burning low (for the smoldering remains of an extinguished or dying fire)” or “spark”
  • Pronunciation: “em-ber”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #160 (girls) and 1,000+ (boys)
  • Namesakes/Description: American model and actress Ember (real name Amber Davis)
  • Also a cute girl name after Ember Lumen, the fictional main character in the Disney movie “Elemental”
  • Variants: Emberly

 

Hayden 

 

  • Meaning: Country boy name that means “hedged valley,” “from the hedge in the valley,” “of the hay fields,” or “fire”
  • Pronunciation: “hay-duhn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #160 (boys) and #343 (girls)
  • Namesakes/Description: American actress Hayden Panettiere and Australian TV presenter and zookeeper Hayden Turner
  • Also a fictional character after Hayden Fox, the head coach in the “Coach” TV series
  • Variants: Haydn, Haeden, Haiden, Haidyn, and Heyden

 

Idris 

 

  • Meaning: Short boy name that means “smart,” “studious,” “fiery,” or “passionate”
  • Pronunciation: “eed-ris”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #766
  • Namesakes/Description: American jazz drummer Idris Muhammad and English actor Idris Elba
  • Variants: Idriss, Idrisi, and Indrissi

 

Baby Names That Mean “Blue Fire”

Apibiru

 

  • Origin: Indonesian baby boy name
  • Pronunciation: “ah-pee-bee-roo”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After the blue lava-like phenomenon observed in some volcanoes, particularly in Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen volcano
  • Variants: Api Biru

 

Azula

 

  • Pronunciation: “ah-zoo-lah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also an anime girl name for one of the main characters (the crown princess of the Fire Nation) in the movie, “Avatar, The Last Airbender”
  • Variants: Azule, Azulla, Azul (baby boy name), and Azure

 

Baby Names That Mean “Smoke” Or “Embers”

Cemre

 

  • Origin: Turkish girl name
  • Meaning: “Ember” (small glowing pieces in a dying fire) or “hottest part of the fire”
  • Pronunciation: “jem-reh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Turkish artistic gymnast Cemre Kendirci and volleyball player Cemre Erol
  • Also a middle name for girls (after Turkish chess player Betül Cemre Yıldız)
  • Variants: Cemrre and Kemre

 

Chōuyān

 

  • Meaning: “Smoke” or “to smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “choo-yan”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Dukhan

 

  • Origin: Urdu (Indo-Aryan language used in Pakistan) and Arabic boy name
  • Meaning: Muslim name that means “smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “duh-khan”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a place name after the city of Dukhan in Qatar
  • Variants: Dukkhan

 

Emberleigh

 

  • Meaning: Derived from “Ember” and can mean “little fire” or “little spark”
  • Also means “free spirit”
  • Pronunciation: “ehm-ber-lay”
  • Length: 10 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Emberlee and Emberlei

 

Fumar

 

  • Origin: Spanish unisex name
  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “fyoo-marh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Fumee

 

  • Origin: French nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “fyoo-may”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Variants: None

 

Kea

 

  • Origin: Basque (a language spoken in Spain and France), Cornish, and Welsh gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “kay-uh”
  • Length: 3 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Spiritual name after Saint Kea, a 5th century British saint
  • Also a nickname after Dutch female tennis player Cornelia “Kea” Bouman
  • Variants: Keya and Keia

 

Kemuri

 

  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “kay-moo-ree”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a musical name after the Japanese-American ska punk band Kemuri
  • Variants: None

 

Moshi

 

  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “mow-shee”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a last name after Tanzanian swimmer Magdalena Ruth Alex Moshi 
  • Variants: Mosshi

 

Palic

 

  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “pah-leek”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a last name, such as after Croatian alpine skier Tea Palić and Bosnian footballer Kerim Palić
  • Variants: Palik

 

Reykur

 

  • Origin: Icelandic boy name
  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “ray-kur”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None

 

Smoke

 

  • Origin: English unisex name
  • Meaning: “Visible suspension of particles from a fire”
  • Pronunciation: “smowk”
  • Length: 5 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American sprint canoer Jeffrey Smoke (the son of sprint canoers William Smoke and Marcia Jones-Smoke) and Canadian long-distance runner Albert Smoke 
  • Variants: Smoak and Smoake

 

Smokey 

 

  • Origin: American and English unisex name
  • Meaning: “Smoke-colored (can refer to hair or fur)”
  • Pronunciation: “smow-kee”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American singer-songwriter and record producer Smokey Robinson (real name William Robinson Jr.) 
  • Also a fictional name after Smokey Bear, the American campaign and advertising icon or mascot in the Wildfire Prevention Campaign of the U.S. Forest Service
  • Variants: None

 

Tymi 

 

  • Origin: Albanian unisex name
  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “tai-mee”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Social media personality Tymi Fernandez
  • Variants: Tymii and Tyme

 

Uahi

 

  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “ooh-ah-hee”
  • Length: 4 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Usok

 

  • Origin: Filipino (official language of the Philippines) androgynous name
  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “ooh-sohk”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Baby Names That Mean “Lava” Or “Volcano”

Although not directly “on fire,” volcanoes and related words such as “lava” or “magma” are also associated with fire. We’ve listed some names that mean these words below.

 

Bulkan

 

  • Origin: Filipino boy name
  • Meaning: Nature name that means “volcano”
  • Pronunciation: “bool-kan”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Hraun

 

  • Origin: Icelandic, Germanic, and Old Norse boy name
  • Meaning: “Lava”
  • Pronunciation: “h-roon”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Lava

 

  • Origin: English nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Molten or partially molten rock expelled from a volcano”
  • Pronunciation: “lah-vah”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a badass girl name after the superhero character Lava Girl (or Lavagirl) in “The Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl” (commonly shortened to “Sharkboy and Lavagirl”)
  • Variants: None

 

Lave

 

  • Meaning: “Lava”
  • Pronunciation: “layv”
  • Length: 4 letters, 1 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a last name (after American social anthropologist and author Jean Lave)
  • Variants: None

 

Lawa

 

  • Meaning: “Lava”
  • Pronunciation: “lah-wah”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Popocatepetl

 

  • Meaning: Aztec name that means “the smoking mountain”
  • Pronunciation: “pow-puh-kah-tuh-peh-tl”
  • Length: 12 letters, 6 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Refers to a volcano in Mexico that locals also call as “El Popo”
  • Variants: None

 

Udaka

 

  • Origin: Zulu – African girl name
  • Pronunciation: “yoo-dah-kah”
  • Length: 5 letters, syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Volcan 

 

  • Origin: Turkish and French boy name
  • Pronunciation: “vohl-kahn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Vulkan

 

  • Meaning: “Volcano”
  • Pronunciation: “vuhl-kahn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Baby Names That Mean “Warmth” & “Comfort”

Fire is also associated with warmth and comfort. So, we’ve also listed names that mean these words below.

 

Apapacho

 

  • Origin: Nahuatl – Native American boy name
  • Meaning: “Comfort” or “caressing with the soul”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-pah-pah-chow”
  • Length: 8 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Chaleur 

 

  • Origin: French unisex name
  • Meaning: “Warmth”
  • Pronunciation: “sha-loo”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Variants: None

 

Calore

 

  • Meaning: “Warmth”
  • Pronunciation: “kah-low-ray”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Confort

 

  • Origin: French nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Comfort”
  • Pronunciation: “kohn-fort”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Hlýja

 

  • Origin: Icelandic baby girl name
  • Meaning: “Warmth”
  • Pronunciation: “lai-jah” (silent “h”)
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Hygge 

 

  • Origin: Danish and Norwegian unisex name
  • Meaning: “Comfort”
  • Pronunciation: “hyoo-guh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also part of book titles, such as “Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness” by Marie Tourell Søderberg
  • Variants: None

 

Init

 

  • Origin: Filipino nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Warmth” or “heat”
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-neet”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Komfort 

 

  • Meaning: “Comfort”
  • Pronunciation: “kom-fort”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Lämpöä

 

  • Origin: Finnish girl name 
  • Meaning: “Warmth” or “heat”
  • Pronunciation: “lam-pow-ah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Pumehana

 

  • Meaning: “Warmth” or “affectionate”
  • Pronunciation: “poo-meh-hah-nah”
  • Length: 8 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Sħana

 

  • Origin: Maltese and Hebrew girl name
  • Pronunciation: “shah-nah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000
  • Namesakes/Description: American yoga teacher Shana Diane Madoff (also known as Shana Madoff Skoller Swanson) and Japanese singer Shana of the Lapillus girl group
  • Variants: Shanna; also a short form of the Hebrew girl name “Shoshanna” and similar names

 

Šiluma

 

  • Origin: Lithuanian girl name
  • Pronunciation: “shee-loo-mah” (with an “h” after “s”)
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Teplo

 

  • Meaning: “Warmth”
  • Pronunciation: “tep-low”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Toplina

 

  • Origin: Bulgarian and Croatian girl name
  • Meaning: “Warmth”
  • Pronunciation: “top-lee-nah”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

What Names Mean “Flame” Or “Fire”?

Aalish

 

  • Origin: Persian and Celtic girl name
  • Pronunciation: “aah-leesh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: British interiors brand Neptune’s CEO Aalish Yorke-Long
  • Variants: Aallish and Alish

 

Aatish 

 

  • Origin: Hindi boy name 
  • Meaning: “Fire” or “flame”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-teesh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: British-born writer-journalist Aatish Taseer and Indian cricketer Aatish Bhalaik
  • Variants: Aattish and Atish

 

Abenanka

 

  • Origin: Ainu (Japanese ethnic group) girl name 
  • Pronunciation: “ah-beh-nahn-kah”
  • Length: 8 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Magical name after the fictional character Abenanka Zharptitsa, known for her role as the firebird in the animated series “Ever After High”
  • Variants: None

 

Adan

 

  • Origin: Hebrew and Spanish boy name
  • Meaning: “Fire” or “earth” (also an earthy name)
  • Pronunciation: “ah-dahn”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #434
  • Namesakes/Description: Chilean football (soccer) player Adán Vergara and French actor and musician Adán Jodorowsky
  • Variants: Also a form of the biblical boy name “Adam,” which comes from the Hebrew name “Adamah”

 

Adar

 

  • Origin: Hebrew boy name 
  • Meaning: “Eclipsed,” “fire,” “cloak,” “majestic,” or “darkened”
  • Pronunciation: “uh-daar”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Indian vaccine tycoon and businessman Adar Poonawalla
  • Variants: Adarr and Addar

 

Adara

 

  • Meaning: “Noble,” “beauty,” or “fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-dah-rah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Spanish TV personality Adara Molinero
  • Variants: Adarah and Adaira; also the female variant of the Arabic boy name “Adar”

 

Adeen 

 

  • Origin: Irish nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Little fire,” “flame,” or “little fire shining brightly”
  • Pronunciation: “ay-deen”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American researcher Adeen Flinker and actress Adeen Khan
  • Variants: Adin; also a feminine variant of “Aiden”

 

Adish

 

  • Origin: Persian boy name
  • Meaning: “Fire,” supreme lord,” “full of wisdom,” or “intelligent”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-deesh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Indian and Hindi Bollywood actor Adish Vaidya
  • Variants: None

 

Admani

 

  • Origin: Sanskrit boy name
  • Meaning: “Burning fire” or “flames”
  • Pronunciation: “ahd-mah-nee”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a last name (such as after American pediatric dermatologist Shehla Admani)
  • Variants: Admmani

 

Adurnarseh

 

  • Origin: Persian boy name 
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-door-nar-seh”
  • Length: 10 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Agnivo

 

  • Origin: Indian – Hindi boy name
  • Meaning: “Flame of the fire” or “blaze of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ahg-nee-voh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Indian entertainment writer Agnivo Niyogi and author Agnivo Banerjee
  • Variants: None

 

Ahdán

 

  • Origin: Irish boy name 
  • Meaning: “Little fire” 
  • Pronunciation: “ah-dahn”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Also a form of “Aidan” or “Aiden”

 

Aidan

 

  • Origin: Irish boy name
  • Meaning: “Little fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ay-dahn”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #296
  • Namesakes/Description: American actor and musician Aidan Gallagher and Irish actor Aidan Gillen
  • Variants: Comes from “Aodh,” the Celtic god of the sun and fire

 

Akiho

 

  • Origin: Japanese gender-neutral name 
  • Pronunciation: “ah-kee-hoh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Japanese voice actress Akiho Suzumoto and geologist Akiho Miyashiro 
    • Also an anime name after Akiho Nagomi in the Japanese anime TV series “Delicious Party Pretty Cure” (“Derishasu Pāti♡Purikyua”)
  • Variants: None

 

Basia 

 

  • Origin: Czech and Polish girl name 
  • Meaning: “Fire” or “foreign woman”
  • Pronunciation: “bah-shuh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Polish singer, songwriter, and recording artist Basia (real name Barbara Stanisława Trzetrzelewska) and Canadian folk singer and songwriter Basia Bulat
  • Variants: Bassia and Basha

 

Blaise

 

  • Origin: Old English and French gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “Fire,” “blaze,” or “lisp”
  • Comes from “blaese” (which means “torch” or “bright flame”)
  • Pronunciation: “blayz”
  • Length: 6 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Blaize; also a unisex variation of the German name “Blasius”

 

Blaze

 

  • Origin: Latin and English androgynous name
  • Meaning: “Fiery,” “flame,” or “fire”
  • Pronunciation: “blayz”
  • Length: 5 letters, 1 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #752 (boys) and 1,000+ (girls)
  • Namesakes/Description: American lacrosse goalie Blaze Riorden and actress, singer, rapper, announcer, narrator, and voice-over actor Blaze Autumn Berdahl
  • Also an adorable fictional character after the monster truck Blaze in the animated series “Blaze and the Monster Machines”
  • Variants: Blayze and Blaize

 

Brandr 

 

  • Origin: Ancient Scandinavian and Old Norse boy name 
  • Meaning: “Fire” or “firebrand”
  • Pronunciation: “bran-dr”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Brantley

 

  • Origin: German boy name
  • Meaning: Tough boy name that means “fire,” “fiery torch,” or “sword”
  • Pronunciation: “brant-lee”
  • Length: 8 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #314
  • Namesakes/Description: American singer and songwriter Brantley Gilbert and inventor Brantley Coile
  • Also a place name after the town of Brantley in Alabama, USA
  • Variants: Brantlee, Brantly, and Brantlei

 

Egan

 

  • Origin: Old Gaelic and Irish boy name
  • Meaning: “Little fire” or “endowed with youthful strength or vigor”
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-gahn”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Australian rugby league footballer Egan Butcher and American former tennis player Egan Adams
  • Variants: Eggan and Eghan

 

Enya

 

  • Origin: Irish and English girl name
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “en-yah”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Irish singer-songwriter Enya (real name Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin or Enya Patricia Brennan in English) and celebrity kid Enya Barrett (the daughter of singer Irish singer and songwriter Edele Lynch and former husband Michael Barrett)
  • Also an anime name after the character Enya Geil in the Japanese manga “Stardust Crusaders”
  • Variants: English form of the Irish name “Eithne”

 

Hakan 

 

  • Origin: Turkish and Native American boy name or Swedish and Norwegian unisex name
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “hah-kahn”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Swedish ice hockey player Håkan Eriksson and Turkish-German film director Hakan Savaş Mican
  • Variants: Hakkan

 

Kazuya 

 

  • Origin: Japanese unisex name
  • Pronunciation: “kah-zoo-yah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Japanese baseball first baseman Kazuya Fukuura and mixed martial artist Kazuya Abe
  • Variants: None

 

Keahi

 

  • Origin: Hawaiian unisex name
  • Meaning: “Flames” or a nature name after the Keahi flower (native to Hawai’i)
  • Pronunciation: “kay-ah-hee”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Hawaiian news anchor Keahi Tucker
  • Variants: Keahhi

 

Shohreh

 

  • Origin: Persian girl name
  • Meaning: “Woman of flame” or “famous”
  • Pronunciation: “shoh-reh”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat and Iranian-American actress Shohreh Aghdashloo 
  • Variants: Shohrreh and Shohrey

 

Shula 

 

  • Origin: Arabic and Hebrew girl name
  • Meaning: “Flame” or “peace”
  • Pronunciation: “shoo-lah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: South African historian Shula Marks and Israeli activist and artist Shula Keshet 
  • Also after the fictional character Shula Hebden Lloyd in the British soap opera “The Archers”
  • Variants: Shulla and Shulah

 

What Name Means “Eternal Fire”?

Amarkeeri

 

  • Origin: Hindi girl name
  • Pronunciation: “ah-mark-eeh-ree”
  • Length: 9 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Azarnoosh

 

  • Origin: Persian and Arabic boy name
  • Meaning: “Eternal flame” or “right in faith”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-zar-noosh”
  • Length: 9 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Namesake of the Azarnoosh Sadeghi Award for Social Justice
  • Variants: None

 

Tomoyo

 

  • Meaning: “Eternal light” (a name that means “light”), “eternal fire,” or “intelligence”
  • Pronunciation: “toh-moh-yow”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Japanese TV personality and businesswoman Tomoyo Nonaka and actress and singer Tomoyo Harada
  • Variants: None

 

What’s A Good Name That Means Fire?

Kai

 

  • Origin: Scandinavian, Welsh, Scottish, and Hawaiian gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “Keeper of the keys and earth,” “fire,” or “sea” 
  • Pronunciation: “kai”
  • Length: 3 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: English rugby union footballer Kai Horstmann and American soccer player Kai Greene 
  • Variants: Kaii, Kaih, and Cai

 

What Greek Name Means “Fire”?

Candace

 

  • Origin: Latin, Greek, and Ethiopian – African girl name
  • Meaning: “Pure and innocent,” “whiteness, ” “one who possesses contrition (remorse),” “clarity,” or “white fire” 
  • Pronunciation: “kan-dis”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American writer Candace Bushnell and beauty queen (​​Miss District of Columbia USA 2006) Candace Allen
  • Also a biblical girl name after the queen of the Ethiopians who later converted to Christianity
  • Variants: Candice, Kandace, and Candyse

 

Pyro

 

  • Origin: Greek boy name
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “pai-row”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a powerful boy name after two fictional characters in Marvel Comics who are able to manipulate fire
  • Also a last name (such as after American musician and bass player Howie Pyro)
  • Variants: Pyrro

 

Tana 

 

  • Origin: Greek and Russian girl name
  • Meaning: “Fire” or “star goddess” (also a goddess name for girls)
  • Pronunciation: “tah-nah”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American actress Tana Helfer and internet personality Tana Marie Mongeau
  • Variants: Tanah and Tanna

 

What Names Mean “Fiery”?

Calida

 

  • Origin: Spanish girl name
  • Meaning: “Fiery,” “heated,” “warm,” or “the most beautiful”
  • Pronunciation: “kah-lee-dah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Electra

 

  • Origin: Greek girl name
  • Meaning: “Radiant,” “bright,” “amber,” “the sparkling, fiery sun” (a name that means “sun”), or “shining” 
  • Pronunciation: “eh-lek-truh”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American library scientist Electra Collins Doren and antiques collector Electra Havemeyer Webb
  • Also a mythical name after one of the seven Greek Pleiades (also known as the nymph sisters)
  • Variants: Elektra

 

Ena

 

  • Origin: Celtic girl name
  • Meaning: “Ardent,” “passionate,” “fiery,” or “little fire”
  • Pronunciation: “eh-nah”
  • Length: 3 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American tennis player Ena Shibahara and English novelist and poet Ena Fitzgerald
  • Variants: Enna and Enah

 

Ignacio

 

  • Pronunciation: “ig-nah-syo”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #953
  • Namesakes/Description: Argentinian-American actor Ignacio Serricchio and 20th-century Spanish writer and journalist Ignacio Ramonet 

 

Celestial Fire Names For Boys & Girls

They might not be in flames but some celestial bodies (such as stars and our own Sun) are sometimes described as “heavenly balls of fire.” Below are celestial fire names to consider.

 

Aster

 

  • Meaning: “Star” or a plant name that means “star-shaped flowers”
  • Pronunciation: “ahs-ter”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Eritrean (East African) politician Aster Fissehatsion and Ethiopian singer Aster Aweke
  • Variants: Asteria

 

Baskara 

 

  • Origin: Indonesian and Sanksrit unisex name
  • Meaning: “Sun” or “shining”
  • Pronunciation: “bahs-kah-rah”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Indonesian actor Baskara Mahendra and musician Baskara Putra
  • Variants: None

 

Eliane

 

  • Origin: Hebrew girl name
  • Pronunciation: “eh-lee-yan”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Brazilian jazz pianist and singer Eliane Elias and Swiss ice dancer Eliane Hugentobler
  • Variants: Elyanah and Elliane

 

Esther

 

  • Origin: Persian and Slavic girl name
  • Meaning: “Star”
  • Pronunciation: “eh-str”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #139
  • Namesakes/Description: English actress Esther McCracken and American cultural anthropologist Esther Newton
  • Also a biblical girl name after the Israelite woman who became a Persian queen and a heroine who risked her life to save her people, according to the Old Testament
  • Variants: Eistir (Irish girl name), Estee (French name for girls), Ester, and Hester

 

Salana

 

  • Origin: Latin girl name
  • Meaning: “Sun”
  • Pronunciation: “sah-lah-nah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: 1,000+
  • Variants: Solana and Salanah

 

Savita 

 

  • Origin: Hindi girl name
  • Meaning: “Sun”
  • Pronunciation: “sah-vee-tah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Indian show opera actress Savita Prabhune and field hockey player Savita Punia 
  • Variants: Savitta and Savitah; also relates to Savitr, a Hindu deity of the sun and motion

 

Soleil

 

  • Origin: French nonbinary name
  • Meaning: Beautiful girl name that means “sun”
  • Pronunciation: “sow-lay”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #990
  • Namesakes/Description: American actress Soleil Moon Frye
  • Also a middle name for girls (such as after celebrity kid Cypress Soleil Lee, the daughter of American rapper Solé)
  • Variants: Soleia and Soleile 

 

Stella

 

  • Origin: Latin and Italian name for girls
  • Meaning: “Of the stars” or “star”
  • Pronunciation: “stel-uh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #40
  • Namesakes/Description: American composer and choral conductor Stella Stocker and Canadian film director and screenwriter Stella Meghie
  • Also a magical name after the goddess of the stars and astrology Stella, a fictional character in the online game, “World Anvil” or an anime name after Stella, the Greek goddess Aphrodite’s alter ego in the Japanese novel series “Campione!”
  • Variants: Stele, Estelle, and Estella

 

Mythical Names Of Fire Gods & Goddesses

Fiery Sun & Fire God Names

Aodh

 

  • Origin: Gaelic and Irish boy name
  • Pronunciation: “ay” (silent “o” and “d”)
  • Length: 4 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Irish author Aodh Sandrach De Blacam and football player Aodh Dervin
  • Also a mythical name after the Celtic sun god Aodh
  • Variants: Aoddh

 

Apollo

 

  • Origin: Greek boy name
  • Meaning: “Destroyer” or “manly beauty” (also a warrior name after the Greek god of the sun)
  • Pronunciation: “uh-pol-oh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #388
  • Namesakes/Description: American pro video gamer Apollo Price and Polish writer Apollo Korzeniowski
  • Also links to Apollo, the Roman and Greek god of the sun, music, archery, and many other things
  • Variants: Apollinaris, Apollonios, and Apollonius

 

Elio

 

  • Origin: Spanish and Italian boy name
  • Meaning: “Sun” 
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-lee-oh”
  • Length: 4 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #877
  • Namesakes/Description: Cuban-American author Elio M. García Jr. and Italian writer, poet, and screenwriter Elio Bartolini 
  • Also links to Helios, the Italian and Spanish god of the sun
  • Variants: Eilyo, Eillyo, Ellio, Elyo, and Elleeo

 

Finlo

 

  • Origin: Irish boy name 
  • Meaning: “A fair Lugh”
  • Pronunciation: “fin-low”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Links to Lugh, the Irish pagan sun god
  • Also after celebrity kid Finlo Clarkson (the son of English TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson and ex-wife Frances Cain)
  • Variants: Finnlo

 

Helios

 

  • Origin: Ancient Greek boy name
  • Meaning: “Sun”
  • Pronunciation: “hee-lee-ows”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Helios, the Greek titan of the sun
  • Also an anime name after the guardian Helios in the anime “Sailor Moon”
  • Variants: None

 

Horus

 

  • Origin: Egyptian boy name
  • Meaning: “Sun god”
  • Pronunciation: “haw-ruhs”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Powerful boy name after Horus, the Egyptian god of the sun, sky, kingship, healing, and protection
  • Variants: None

 

Ila

 

  • Origin: Hindi girl name 
  • Meaning: “Sun” or an earthy name that means “island”
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-lah”
  • Length: 3 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #678
  • Namesakes/Description: Mythical name after Ila, a member of the Solar Dynasty in Hindi mythology
  • Also after the fictional character Ila in the movie “Noah”
  • Variants: Isla and Illa

 

Kresnik

 

  • Origin: Slavic boy name 
  • Meaning: “God of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “kres-neek”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,00+
  • Namesakes/Description: Relates to Slovenia’s golden fire god and hero, Kresnik
  • Also an anime girl name after Krensik Lyudmilla, a ‘Shadow’ character in the manga series “Counter:Side”
  • Variants: Kressnik

 

Prometheus

 

  • Origin: Ancient Greek boy name
  • Meaning: “Forethought”
  • Pronunciation: “pro-mee-thee-uhs”
  • Length: 10 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Prometheus, the Titan god of fire who gave humans the gift of fire against the other gods’ wishes, according to Greek mythology
  • Variants: None

 

Sun & Fire Goddess Names

Amaterasu

 

  • Origin: Japanese girl name 
  • Meaning: “Goddess of the sun” or “the great divinity that illuminates the heavens”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-mah-teh-rah-soo”
  • Length: 9 letters, 5 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Relates to Amaterasu, the Shinto (Japan’s native belief system) sun goddess who is considered the chief deity in Japanese mythology
  • Also after the white wolf fictional character Amaterasu or Ōkami Amaterasu in the video game “Ōkami” based on the Japanese goddess
  • Variants: Amaterassu

 

Anala 

 

  • Origin: Hindi girl name 
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-nah-lah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Relates to Anala, the Hindu goddess of fire
  • Variants: Annala

 

Arinitti 

 

  • Origin: Hittite (ancient Indo-European group) and Armenian girl name
  • Meaning: “Rising of the sun”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-ree-nee-tee”
  • Length: 8 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Arinitti, the sun goddess of Arinna (a sacred city), who was also considered the chief goddess in Hittite mythology
  • Variants: Ariniti

 

Bedelia

 

  • Origin: Irish girl name
  • Meaning: “Exalted one” or “strength”
  • Pronunciation: “beh-deh-lee-uh”
  • Length: 7 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Bedelia, the Irish goddess of fire in Celtic mythology
  • Also after fictional characters Bedelia du Maurier in “Hannibal” and Bedelia Cochran Horst (also Carrington) in Vera Caspary’s novel “Bedelia”
  • Variants: Bedella, Bedilia, and Bedilla

 

Brigid

 

  • Origin: Celtic, Irish, and German girl name
  • Meaning: “Strength” or “the exalted one”
  • Pronunciation: “bri-juhd”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Brigid, the Irish and Celtic goddess of fire and poetry
  • Modern namesakes include American actress Brigid Bazlen and Irish singer Brigid Boden
  • Variants/Equivalent: Bridget, Brighid (Gaelic name), and the Brigitte (French name)

 

Chantico

 

  • Origin: Aztec girl name
  • Meaning: “Aztec fire goddess” or “dweller of the house”
  • Pronunciation: “chan-tee-kow”
  • Length: 8 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Chantico, the Aztec goddess of volcanoes and family hearth fires
  • Variants: Channtico and Chanticco

 

Helia

 

  • Origin: Greek girl name
  • Meaning: “Sun”
  • Pronunciation: “hehl-yah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Helia, the Greek goddess name for the daughter of Helios, the sun god
  • Also after modern namesakes such as Brazilian volleyball player and 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist Hélia Rogério de Souza and Iranian inline hockey player Helia Sohani
  • Variants: Heliya

 

Hera 

 

  • Origin: Greek girl name 
  • Meaning: “Protectress”
  • Pronunciation: “heh-rah”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage and the royal queen of the gods
  • Also after modern namesakes such as Miss Chinese International 2019 beauty queen Hera Chan and a poetic name after New Zealander poet Hera Lindsay Bird
  • Variants: Herah and Herra 

 

Hestia

 

  • Origin: Ancient Greek girl name
  • Meaning: “Hearth” or “fireside”
  • Pronunciation: “heh-stee-uh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Hestia, the Greek goddess of the hearth and home (also the eldest daughter of the Greek Titan king Cronus and mother goddess Rhea, and the counterpart of the Roman goddess Vesta)
  • Variants: Hestiah, Hestya, Hesteah, Hestyah, and Hesti

 

Iansã

 

  • Origin: Brazilian, Portuguese, and Yoruba – African girl name
  • Meaning: “Fire and rays”
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-uhn-sah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Brazilian girl name after Iansã, the goddess of fire, wind, lightning, and magic (the goddess is also known as Oya)
  • Variants: Yansã 

 

Ishat 

 

  • Origin: Phoenician and Arabic unisex name
  • Meaning: “Superior,” “happiness,” or “eminence”
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-shat”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Ishat, the Phoenician goddess of fire
  • Variants:

 

Kamar 

 

  • Origin: Georgian and Persian girl name
  • Pronunciation: “kah-mar”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Georgian girl name for the goddess of fire Kamar in Caucasian – European mythology
  • Variants: Camar and Kamarr

 

Mahuika

 

  • Origin: Māori (indigenous Polynesian people in New Zealand) girl name
  • Meaning: “Goddess of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “mah-hoo-eeh-kah”
  • Length: 7 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Mahuika, the Maori – Hawaiian goddess of fire and queen of the gods
  • Variants: None

 

Mariel 

 

  • Origin: Ossetian (Iranian ethnic group) girl name for the fire goddess
  • Meaning: “Fire” or “star of the sea”
  • Pronunciation: “mah-ree-yel”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Mariel, the Ossetian fire goddess
  • Modern namesakes include American Olympic sabre fencer Mariel Zagunis and actress and writer Mariel Hemingway (the granddaughter of famous writer Ernest Hemingway)
  • Variants: Mariyel, Marriel, and Mariele

 

Nantosuelta 

 

  • Origin: Celtic girl name
  • Meaning: “She of the winding river”
  • Pronunciation: “nan-toh-soo-el-tah”
  • Length: 11 letters, 5 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Nantosuelta, the Celtic goddess of fire, nature, rivers, and the earth
  • Variants: None

 

Nusku

 

  • Origin: Mesopotamian – Middle Eastern boy name
  • Meaning: “God of fire and light”
  • Pronunciation: “noos-koo”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Nusku, the god of the heavenly and earthly fires and light
  • Variants: Nussku and Nuskku

 

Sachmis 

 

  • Origin: Egyptian girl name 
  • Meaning: “The powerful one”
  • Pronunciation: “sahk-mees”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Another form of Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of sun, fire, and war
  • Variants: Sakhmis

 

Sekhmet

 

  • Origin: Egyptian girl name
  • Meaning: “Lioness”
  • Pronunciation: “sehk-meht”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Links to Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of sun and fire
  • Variants: Sekmet and Sehkmet

 

Shapash

 

  • Origin: Canaanite (from the ancient land of Canaan) girl name
  • Meaning: “Light of the gods” (a name that means “light”)
  • Pronunciation: “shah-pash”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Shapash, the Canaanite goddess of the sun
  • Variants: Shappash

 

Turgmam

 

  • Origin: Nivkhi (Siberian) girl name
  • Meaning: “To burn” or “goddess of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “turg-mahm”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Turgmam, the Nivkhi goddess of fire
  • Variants: Turggmam

 

Baby Names That Mean “Fire Spirit”

Ifrit

 

  • Origin: Arabic nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Fire spirits” or “rebellious and strong”
  • Pronunciation: “eef-reet”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After the Ifrit, a group fo rebellious mythological beings (often considered demons) in Islamic mythology and folklore
  • Variants: Iffrit

 

Pele

 

  • Origin: Brazilian and Hawaiian unisex name
  • Meaning: “Exceptional” or “marvel of God” 
  • Pronunciation: “pay-leh”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes (embodies the entirety of volcanic eruptions, including explosions, volcanic natural forces, and the lava
  • Also after modern namesakes such as American social realist artist Pele de Lappe and Brazilian national football (soccer) player Pele (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) 
  • Variants: Pellè, Paili, Paley, and Pali

 

Salamander

 

  • Origin: English nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Lizard-like amphibian”
  • Pronunciation: “sah-lah-man-dr”
  • Length: 10 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After salamanders, which are considered as mythical creatures who can withstand fire and are sometimes called “fire spirits” (2)
  • Variants: None

 

Seraphim

 

  • Origin: Hebrew boy name 
  • Meaning: “Fiery,” “the fiery ones,” or “fire spirit”
  • Pronunciation: “seh-rah-feem”
  • Length: 8 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Angel name after the high-ranking celestial beings also mentioned in the Bible (they rank higher than the archangels)
  • Also an anime name after the Seraphim, fictional angelic beings in “One Piece”
  • Variants: Seraphina (girl name)

 

Seraphina

 

  • Origin: Hebrew girl name
  • Meaning: “Ardent,” “fiery,” or “fire spirit” 
  • Pronunciation: “seh-rah-fee-nah”
  • Length: 9 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a spiritual name after the Seraphim angels and a fantasy girl name after the main character in the novel “Seraphina” by Rachel Hartman
  • Other modern namesakes include Italian noblewoman and nun Seraphina Sforza

 

Gender-Neutral & Nonbinary Fire Names

Halo

 

  • Origin: English and Greek girl name
  • Meaning: “An aura around the sun” or “divine aura”
  • Pronunciation: “hay-lo”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+ (boys) and #769 (girls)
  • Namesakes/Description: Also after the fictional main character of the science fiction comic strip “The Ballad of Halo Jones” by Alan Moore
  • Variants: Haelo and Hallo

 

Phoenix 

 

  • Origin: Greek androgynous name
  • Pronunciation: “fee-nix”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #261 (boys) and #317 (girls)
  • Namesakes/Description: American musician Phoenix (stage name of David Michael Farrell, bassist of the rock band Linkin Park) and actor Phoenix List 
  • Place name after the city of Phoenix in Arizona, USA
  • Links to the mythical bird that symbolizes immortality because it burns to death and rises from its ashes, according to Greek mythology 
  • Variants: Phoenicks, Phenix, Pheenix, and Foenix

 

What’s A Good Name For A Fire Dragon?

Drago

 

  • Origin: Italian boy name
  • Meaning: Tough boy name that means “dragon” or “fire dragon”
  • Pronunciation: “drah-gow”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Serbian painter Drago Došen and Croatian sculpting artist Drago Marin Čerina
  • Variants: Draco, Drako, and Dragan

 

Rhys

 

  • Origin: Welsh boy name 
  • Meaning: “Fiery warrior” or “dragon”
  • Pronunciation: “rees”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #426
  • Namesakes/Description: Welsh actor Rhys Ifans (real name Rhys Owain Evans) and American composer and guitarist Rhys Chatham
  • Variants: Ris (Old Welsh)

 

Tanguy

 

  • Origin: French boy name
  • Meaning: “Fire warrior” or “fire dog”
  • Pronunciation: “tan-ghee”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Swiss alpine skier Tanguy Nef and Breton writer Tanguy Malmanche
  • Also a spiritual name after Saint Tanguy, a 16th-century Breton monk and abbey (community of monks or nuns) founder
  • Variants: Tangi

 

You can also pick fire names for your baby based on the following categories:

 

Fire Names Starting With A

Some names that start with A:

 

Aarush

 

  • Origin: Hindi and Indian boy name 
  • Pronunciation: “ah-roosh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Indian actor Aarush Varma and social media influencer Aarush Gupta
  • Variants: Aarrush

 

Abellonna 

 

  • Origin: Danish name girl
  • Meaning: Long girl name that means “destroyer” or “fire” as the Danish girl version of Apollo (Greek god of the sun)
  • Pronunciation: “ah-beh-low-nah”
  • Length: 9 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None 
  • Variants: Abellona and Abelonna

 

Adramelech

 

  • Origin: Semitic (Afroasiatic language family) boy name
  • Meaning: “King of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ahd-rah-meh-lehk”
  • Length: 10 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Biblical boy name after the ancient Semitic god Adramelech (or Adrammelech), described in the Book of Kings as a god of the Sepharvaim people
  • Variants: Adrammelech

 

Aed 

 

  • Meaning: “Burning fire,” “fire,” or “‘flame”
  • Pronunciation: “ayd”
  • Length: 3 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Royal name after King Áed mac Cináeda (king of the ancient kingdom of the Picts in the 800s) and King Áed mac Echdach (king of the ancient Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata)
  • Variants: Aod and Aedh

 

Afi 

 

  • Origin: Polynesian and African unisex name
  • Meaning: “Fire” or “born on a Friday”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-fee”
  • Length: 3 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Filipino actor Afi Africa
  • Variants: Affi and Afy

 

Agneya

 

  • Origin: Hindi unisex name 
  • Meaning: “Daughter of Agni (Hindu god of fire)”
  • Pronunciation: “ahg-nay-uh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Indian filmmaker and screenwriter Agneya Singh
  • Variants: Agnaya and Aggneya

 

Agni

 

  • Origin: Sanskrit boy name
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ahg-nee”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Agni, the Hindu god of fire and the southeast direction
  • Variants: Agnee

 

Agnimitra

 

  • Origin: Sanskrit and Hindi girl name
  • Meaning: “Friend of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ahg-nee-meet-rah”
  • Length: 9 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Agnimitra, the second Shunga Emperor of the ancient Shunga Empire (located in the land now known as northern and central India)
  • Variants: Agnimittra

 

Aguya

 

  • Pronunciation: “ah-goo-yah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Agguya

 

Aine

 

  • Meaning: “Happiness,” “brilliant,” “fire,” or “joy”
  • Pronunciation: “awn-yah”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Irish harpist Áine Minogue and British actor and singer Áine Rose Daly
    Also after Aine, the Celtic goddess of love
  • Variants: Aineh and Ainne

 

Aithne

 

  • Origin: Irish unisex name
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “eth-nah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Irish Clan McGovern male chieftain Aithne Mág Samhradháin and New York-based software engineer and journalist Aithne Feay
  • Variants: Eithne

 

Aldebrand

 

  • Origin: Ancient German unisex name 
  • Meaning: “Old fire,” “old torch,” or “old sword”
  • Pronunciation: “ahl-deb-uh-brand”
  • Length: 9 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Alev

 

  • Origin: Turkish boy name
  • Pronunciation: “ah-lehv”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: US-based writer and producer Alev Aydin and Turkish columnist Alev Alatlı
  • Variants: Allev and Alevv

 

Alinta

 

  • Origin: Aboriginal – Australian girl name 
  • Meaning: “Fire” and “flame”
  • Pronunciation: “uh-leen-tah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Fictional character Alinta in the Australian television miniseries “Women of the Sun”
  • Variants: Allinta and Alintta

 

Anatole

 

  • Meaning: “From the east” or “rising sun” (also a name that means “sun”)
  • Pronunciation: “ah-nah-tohl”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Breton folklore collector and translator Anatole Le Braz and French poet, novelist, and journalist Anatole France

 

Angarika

 

  • Origin: Hindi girl name 
  • Pronunciation: “ang-gah-reeh-kah”
  • Length: 8 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Anagarika

 

Anshul

 

  • Origin: Hindi boy name 
  • Meaning: “Sunbeam,” “radiant,” “brilliant,” or “glows like a sunbeam”
  • Pronunciation: “ahn-shool”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Indian mixed martial artist Anshul Jubli and journalist Anshul Kumar
  • Variants: Anshull

 

Anwar 

 

  • Meaning: “Brighter,” “luminous,” “shafts of light,” “clearer,” “the one who dazzles,” “luminous,” or a name that means “light”
  • Pronunciation: “ahn-warr”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Egyptian actor and director Anwar Wagdi and Dutch-Moroccan footballer Anwar El Ghazi 
  • Variants: Annwar and Anwarr

 

Aohd

 

  • Origin: Irish and Scottish Gaelic boy name
  • Pronunciation: “ay” (silent “o” and “d”)
  • Length: 4 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Aodh and Aohdd

 

Aodhnait

 

  • Origin: Irish girl name
  • Meaning: “Fire” or “little fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ay-neht”
  • Length: 8 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American pediatric surgeon Aodhnait Fahy
  • Variants: A feminine form of the Irish boy name “Aidan” or “Aodhan”

 

Apollonia

 

  • Origin: Ancient Greek name for girls
  • Meaning: “Belonging to Apollo (the Greek sun god)”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-poh-lohn-yah”
  • Length: 9 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Spiritual name after Saint Apollonia, a 2nd century Christian martyr
  • Also a unique middle name (such as after American actress, singer, and model Patricia Apollonia Kotero and German-born photographer Karin Apollonia Müller)
  • Variants: Apoloniya and Apolonia; also a feminine variation of “Apollo” 

 

Apoy

 

  • Origin: Filipino nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-poy”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Aprina

 

  • Origin: Armenian girl name 
  • Meaning: “Rising sun”
  • Pronunciation: “ahp-ree-nah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Also a form of “Arpina”

 

Ardere

 

  • Origin: Latin girl name 
  • Meaning: “To burn,” “scorch,” or “parch”
  • Pronunciation: “ahr-deh-reh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Arderre and Arddere

 

Arpina

 

  • Origin: Armenian girl name
  • Pronunciation: “ahr-peen-uh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Arpina, Arpinna, and Arpinah

 

Ash 

 

  • Origin: Hebrew and English gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: Gothic name that means “happy” or “ash (solid remnants of a fire)
  • Pronunciation: “ash”
  • Length: 3 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: English actor Ash Palmisciano and American indie musician Ash Bowie
  • Also an anime boy name after Ash Ketchum (a human protagonist in the “Pokémon the Series”) and a mystical name after the fictional character Ash in the “Ash: A Secret History” fantasy novel)
  • Variants: Can also be a short form of “Asher” and similar names

 

Ashbel

 

  • Origin: Hebrew boy name
  • Meaning: “An old fire” or “fire of Bel (the chief god of Palmyra, Syria)”
  • Pronunciation: “ash-behl”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American legal academic Ashbel Green Gulliver and editor Ashbel Green
  • Also a biblical name after one of Benjamin’s 10 sons and the founder of the ancient Israelite tribe of Ashbelites
  • Variants: Ashbell

 

Atesh

 

  • Origin: Turkish boy name
  • Meaning: “Fire,” “temperature”, “blaze,” or “heat”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-tesh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Nigeria-born British actor and model Atesh Salih 
  • Variants: Attesh

 

 Atsila

 

  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “aht-see-lah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Blogger Atsila Fitri Malik
  • Variants: None

 

Azar

 

  • Origin: Iranian girl name
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “ah-zar”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American jazz saxophonist Azar Lawrence and Iranian anthologist and poet Azar Bigdeli (from the 1700s)
  • Variants: Azzar and Azarr

 

Fire Names Starting With B

Bodaway

 

  • Origin: Native American boy name
  • Meaning: “The fire maker”
  • Pronunciation: “boh-duh-way”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Brand

 

  • Origin: English gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “Firebrand” or a warrior name that means “sword”
  • Pronunciation: “brand”
  • Length: 5 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a last name (for example, English comedian, writer, and actress Josephine Jo Brand and crime writer and children’s author Christianna Brand) 
  • Variants: Brandt, Brant, Brands, and Brandes

 

Brando

 

  • Origin: Italian boy name
  • Meaning: “Firebrand,” “sword,” or “fiery torch”
  • Pronunciation: “bran-dow”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American film actor Brando Eaton 
  • Also a last name (such as after American sports reporter and announcer Tim Brando and French footballer Frédéric Brando)
  • Variants: Italian form of “Brand” 

 

Bren 

 

  • Pronunciation: “bren”
  • Length: 4 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Australian actor and martial artist Bren Foster
  • Variants: Brenn

 

Brenna

 

  • Origin: German girl name
  • Meaning: “Blazing light” (also a name that means “light”)
  • Pronunciation: “bren-ah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American beauty queen Brenna Sakas and Canadian actress Brenna O’Brien 
  • Variants: Brena and Brennah

 

Britt

 

  • Origin: Swedish, Irish Gaelic, and Scandinavian unisex name 
  • Meaning: “High goddess,” “glorious,” “exalted,” “bright,” or “from Brittany or Britain”
  • Pronunciation: “breet”
  • Length: 5 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American professional wrestler Britt Baker and English producer, writer, voice actress, and director Britt Allcroft 
  • Also considered a short form of the Celtic and Irish girl name “Brigid” or “Brigit” (links to the goddess of fire)
  • Variants: Brit; also a gender-neutral form of “Bridget”

 

Fire Names Starting With C

Cináed 

 

  • Origin: Gaelic boy name
  • Meaning: “Born of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “see-naid”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Irish Gaelic poet Cináed Ua Hartacáin and a royal name after several ancient Celtic kings, such as Cináed mac Maíl Coluim (the King of Alba or Scotland in the 900s) and Cináed mac Írgalaig (the High King of Ireland in the 700s)
  • Variants: Ciniod (Pictish language)

 

Cinderella

 

  • Meaning: “Little ashes” or “little ash girl”
  • Pronunciation: “sin-der-ehl-uh”
  • Length: 10 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Disney princess name after the primary character of the fairytale “Cinderella”
  • Variants: None

 

Coal

 

  • Origin: English nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Sedimentary rock that can be burned for fuel”
  • Pronunciation: “kowl”
  • Length: 4 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Cole

 

Conleth

 

  • Origin: Irish boy name
  • Meaning: “Chaste fire”
  • Pronunciation: “kon-leth”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Northern Irish actor Conleth Hill (real name Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill) and author Conleth Bradley
  • Variants: Connleth and Konleth

 

Conley

 

  • Meaning: “Chaste fire,” “purifying light,” “wise,” or “great chief”
  • Pronunciation: “kon-lee”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a place name after the town of Conley in Georgia, USA
  • Variants: English variant of the Irish boy name “Conleth”

 

Cymbeline

 

  • Meaning: “Sun lord” or “sun hound” 
  • Pronunciation: “sim-buh-leen”
  • Length: 9 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: In literature, it’s the title of the Shakespeare play “Cymbeline” about the early Celtic King Cunobelinus (or King Cymbeline), who was named after Belenus, the Gaulish sun god.
  • Variants: Cunobeline and Cunobelin

 

Cyra

 

  • Origin: Persian and Greek girl name 
  • Meaning: “Sun throne” or “sun lord”
  • Pronunciation: “sai-rah”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American writer Cyra McFadden and an early Irish abbess (head of an abbey of nuns) Saint Cyra
  • Variants: Kyra; also a form of the Persian boy name “Cyrus”

 

Fire Names Starting With D

Damini

 

  • Origin: Indian – Hindi unisex name
  • Meaning: “Lightning”
  • Pronunciation: “dah-mee-nee”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Nigerian singer, record producer, and songwriter Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (stage name Burna Boy)
  • Also a last name (such as after the Italian late-Renaissance period painter Pietro Damini)
  • Variants: Dammini

 

Drake

 

  • Origin: English boy name
  • Meaning: Powerful boy name that means “dragon (a mythical creature that breathes fire)”
  • Pronunciation: “drayk”
  • Length: 5 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: #630
  • Namesakes/Description: American racing driver Drake Olson and actor and musician Drake Bell 
  • Variants: Drago, Drakon, and Draco

 

Fire Names Starting With E

Edan

 

  • Origin: Hebrew and Irish boy name
  • Meaning: “Little fire,” “place of pleasure,” or “paradise”
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-dahn”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American guitarist, musician, singer, and songwriter Edan Everly and art dealer and art collector Edan Milton Hughes 
  • Variants: Eddan, Idan, and Eedan

 

Edana

 

  • Origin: Gaelic girl name 
  • Meaning: “Tiny flame”
  • Pronunciation: “ey-dah-nah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: South African actress, writer, and TV presenter Edana Romney
  • Variants: Eddana and Edanah

 

Eilidh

 

  • Origin: Gaelic girl name
  • Meaning: “Radiant one” or “radiant sun”
  • Pronunciation: “ay-lee” (silent “d”)
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Scottish Gaelic broadcaster and writer Eilidh Watt and British track and field athlete Eilidh Doyle
  • Variants: Ellie

 

Elidi

 

  • Origin: Greek girl name
  • Meaning: “Gift of the sun”
  • Pronunciation: “eh-lee-dee”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Ellidi and Eliddi

 

Endellion

 

  • Origin: Cornish and Welsh Gaelic name
  • Meaning: “Fire soul”
  • Pronunciation: “ehn-del-yon”
  • Length: 9 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: English painter Endellion Rose Lycett Green (also a celebrity kid as the daughter of author Candida Lycett Green)
  • Variants: Endelion and Enddelion

 

Esfir

 

  • Pronunciation: “ehs-feer”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Soviet filmmaker and editor Esfir Ilyinichna Shub (also spelled as Esther Il’inichna Shub)
  • Variants: Essfir, Esffir, and Esfirr; also a Russian form of the biblical girl name “Esther”

 

Estella

 

  • Pronunciation: “ehs-tel”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #498
  • Namesakes/Description: Dutch Olympic gymnast Estella Agsteribbe and Canadian actress and model Estella Dawn Warren
  • Variants: Estelle and Stella

 

Fire Names Starting With F

Fajra

 

  • Origin: Esperanto (Latin-based language) girl name
  • Meaning: “Fiery”
  • Pronunciation: “fah-rah” (silent “j”)
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Fajrah and Fajrra

 

Fiamma

 

  • Meaning: “Flame” or “little fiery one”
  • Pronunciation: “fee-uh-mah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Guatemalan alpine skier Fiamma Smith and Italian-Israeli journalist and author Fiamma Nirenstein
  • Variants: Fiama and Fiammah

 

Fiammetta

 

  • Origin: Italian name for girls
  • Meaning: “Little fiery one”
  • Pronunciation: “fee-uh-meh-tah”
  • Length: 9 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: French political scientist, editor, and writer Fiammetta Venner and Italian actress Fiammetta Baralla 
  • Also a last name (such as after American footballer Tony Fiammetta)
  • Variants: Fiameta

 

Fintan

 

  • Origin: Gaelic and Irish boy name 
  • Meaning: “White bull,” “white fire,” or “little fair one”
  • Pronunciation: “feen-tahn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Irish TV writer Fintan Ryan and film director Fintan Connolly
  • Variants: Finntan

 

Flint

 

  • Origin: Old English nonbinary name
  • Meaning: “Flint rock (name of the stone),” “born near an outcrop of flint,” or “a spark-producing stone”
  • Pronunciation: “flint”
  • Length: 5 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American screenwriter Flint Dille and a western boy name after professional rodeo barrelman and Professional Bull Riders sideline reporter Flint Rasmussen
  • Variants: None

 

Fire Names Starting With G

Gabieta

 

  • Origin: Lithuanian girl name
  • Meaning: “The goddess of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “gah-bee-eh-tah”
  • Length: 7 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: None
  • Namesakes/Description: After Gabieta, the Lithuanian spirit of the fire (also called Gabija or Gabeta)
  • Variants: Gabbieta, Gabbietta, Gabija, Gabietta, and Gabeta

 

Grannus

 

  • Meaning: “Grand beard”
  • Pronunciation: “gran-uhs”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Grannus, the Celtic god of fire, water springs, the sun, and health
  • Variants: Granus

 

Fire Names Starting With H

Haco

 

  • Origin: Celtic and Cornish baby name
  • Pronunciation: “hay-koh”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Japanese singer, multi-instrumentalist, sound artist, and composer Haco
  • Also a last name (such as after Kurdish singer Ciwan Haco)
  • Variants: Hacco and Hako

 

Hagan

 

  • Origin: Irish boy name
  • Meaning: “Little fire,” “youthful,” “noble,” “shelter,” or “exalted son”
  • Pronunciation: “hay-guhn”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American Paralympic athlete for throwing events Hagan Landry and Northern Irish-born Canadian actor Hagan Beggs
  • Variants: Haggan

 

Hester

 

  • Origin: Persian girl name 
  • Meaning: “Star-like,” “star,” or a girl plant name that means “beech tree”
  • Pronunciation: “hes-tr”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: British dancer and actress Hester Santlow and American poet and writer Hester A. Benedict
  • Variants: Hesther, Esther, and Ester

 

Hugo

 

  • Meaning: “Heart,” “mind,” “spirit,” or “fire”
  • Pronunciation: “yoo-goh”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #399
  • Namesakes/Description: British actor Hugo Wallace Weaving and actor and director Hugo Alexander Speer
  • Variants: Also a form of the classic boy name “Hugh” or the Gaelic boy name “Aodh” 

 

Hurik

 

  • Origin: Armenian unisex name
  • Pronunciation: “hoo-reek”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: US-based researcher Hurik Muradyan
  • Also a mystical name after Hurik, a Gormiti (the fictional warriors of Gorm Island) in the TV show “The Heralds Of Gorm” 
  • Variants: Hurrik

 

Fire Names Starting With I

Idalia

 

  • Origin: Greek girl name 
  • Meaning: “Behold the sun”
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-dah-lee-uh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Cuban sprinter Idalia Hechavarría and Cuban theater and film actress Idalia Anreus
  • Variants: Iddalia, Idalla, Idaliya, and Idallia

 

Ignacia

 

  • Origin: Latin and Spanish girl name 
  • Meaning: “Firebrand,” “fire,” “burning,” and “ardent”
  • Pronunciation: “eeg-nah-see-uh”
  • Length: 7 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Warrior name after Ignacia Reachy (a Mexican female soldier in War of Intervention against French forces) and Chilean film and television actress Ignacia Allamand 

 

Ignatius

 

  • Origin: Latin boy name
  • Meaning: “Fiery” or “ardent”
  • Pronunciation: “eeg-nah-syush”
  • Length: 8 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Zimbabwean sculptor Ignatius Zhuwakiyi and American politician and writer Ignatius L. Donnelly (from the 1800s)
  • Variants: Ignacio

 

Inigo

 

  • Origin: Basque and medieval Spanish boy name
  • Pronunciation: “een-yee-gow”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Swiss comedian and actor Inigo Gallo and British meteorologist Inigo Owen Jones
  • Variants: Also a form of “Ignatius”; can be spelled as “Íñigo”

 

Ishaan

 

  • Origin: Hindi and Indian boy name
  • Meaning: “The sun” or “the north-east direction”
  • Pronunciation: “eeh-shaan”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #857
  • Namesakes/Description: Indian actors Ishaan Singh Manhas and Ishaan Khattar
  • Variants: Isshaan and Ishan

 

Fire Names Starting With J

Joash 

 

  • Origin: Hebrew origin means 
  • Meaning: Spiritual name that means “fire of Yahweh (God)”
  • Pronunciation: “jow-ash”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Biblical boy name after one of the kings of Judah (a kingdom of Israel)
  • Variants: Joassh

 

Jowangsin

 

  • Meaning: “Goddess of the fire and hearth”
  • Pronunciation: “jow-ang-seen”
  • Length: 9 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Korean name after Jowangsin, the goddess of fire
  • Variants: Jowwangsin

 

Jyotis

 

  • Origin: Sanskrit girl name
  • Meaning: “Flame,” “bright,” or “divine light”
  • Pronunciation: “dyoo-tees”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Jyoti and Jyottis

 

Fire Names Starting With K

Kalama

 

  • Meaning: “Flaming torch”
  • Pronunciation: “kah-lah-mah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Royal name after Kalama Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili, Hawaiian King Kamehameha III’s queen consort
  • Variants: Calama, Kalamma, and Kallama

 

Kalinda

 

  • Origin: Hindi girl name
  • Meaning: “Sun”
  • Pronunciation: “kah-leen-dah”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American TV producer Kalinda Vazquez and Australian leftist writer Kalinda Ashton
  • Variants: Kallinda and Kalindah

 

Keegan

 

  • Origin: Irish boy name 
  • Meaning: “Son of the fiery one” 
  • Pronunciation: “kee-gahn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #567
  • Namesakes/Description: English darts player Keegan Brown and American golfer Keegan Bradley
  • Variants: Kagan, Keggan, and Keeggan

 

Kenna

 

  • Origin: Gaelic and American girl name
  • Pronunciation: “ken-uh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #681
  • Namesakes/Description: Internet personality Kenna Marie
  • Also a last name (such as after Canadian journalist Kathleen Kenna and American football player Doug Kenna)
  • Variants: Also considered a variation of the Scottish boy name Kenneth; can be spelled as Kennah

 

Kenneth

 

  • Origin: Old English, Irish, and Scottish boy name
  • Meaning: Cool boy name that means “handsome” or “born of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “keh-neth”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #264
  • Namesakes/Description: American drummer and percussionist Kenneth Blevins and British actor and filmmaker Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh
  • Variations: Can be shortened to “Kenny” (e.g., American singer and songwriter Kenny Rogers, birth name Kenneth Ray Rogers)

 

Kindle 

 

  • Meaning: “To set fire” or “to start a fire”
  • Pronunciation: “kin-dl”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Kiran

 

  • Origin: Sanskrit gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “Ray of light” or “beam of light”
  • Pronunciation: “kee-rahn”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Nepali footballer Kiran Chemjong and American football player Kiran Amegadjie
  • Variants: Kirran

 

Fire Names Starting With L

Lalahon

 

  • Origin: Visayan (local language in the Philippines) girl name 
  • Meaning: “Eternal one,” ”exalted one,” “the one who brings the time of plenty,” “the one who ripens,” or “the one who moves time”
  • Pronunciation: “lah-lah-hon”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Lalahon, the goddess of volcanoes, fire, and harvest
  • Variants: The goddess is also called Malaon or Laon

 

Langa 

 

  • Origin: Nguni – South African boy name
  • Meaning: Also a black boy name that means “sun” or “sunshine”
  • Pronunciation: “lang-gah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also an anime boy name after Langa Hasegawa of “SK8 the Infinity” anime series
  • Variants: Langga

 

Liekki

 

  • Origin: Finnish girl name 
  • Meaning: “Flame”
  • Pronunciation: “laik-eeh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a musical name after the band Liekki founded by Finnish singer, guitarist, and songwriter Janne ‘Jansku’ Kuusela
  • Variants: Lieki and Liekkie

 

Loki

 

  • Origin: Norse and Norwegian name for boys
  • Meaning: “Airy”
  • Pronunciation: “low-kee”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Norse god of magic, fire, and mischief
  • Also after modern namesakes such as Samoan rugby player Loki Crichton
  • Variants: Lokki

 

Fire Names Starting With M

Mashal

 

  • Meaning: “Torch,” “lantern,” or a name that means “light”
  • Pronunciation: “mah-shal”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Pakistani television actress Mashal Khan
  • Variants: Masshal and Mashall

 

Mccoy

 

  • Origin: Irish and Scottish boy name 
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “muh-koy”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American basketball player McCoy McLemore and celebrity kid McCoy Lee Porter (the son of actor Scott Porter)
  • Variants: MacCoy and McCoy

 

McKenna

 

  • Origin: Gaelic gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “Son of Kenneth (born of fire)” 
  • Pronunciation: “muh-ken-uh”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #291
  • Namesakes/Description: American child actress Mckenna Grace and fictional character McKenna Brooks from “American Girl”
  • Also possibly linked to the Celtic god of fire
  • Variants: Makenna, Makena, and Mackenna

 

Mehri

 

  • Origin: Persian girl name 
  • Meaning: “Sunny,” “kind,” “lovable,” or “radiant like the sun”
  • Pronunciation: “meh-ree”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Iranian actress Mehri Mehrnia
  • Variants: Mehrri and Mehrie

 

Mirri 

 

  • Origin: Goonayandi (indigenous Australian language) unisex name
  • Meaning: “The sun”
  • Pronunciation: “mee-ree”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Beautiful girl name after the fictional character Mirri in Elyne Mitchell’s “The Silver Brumby”
  • Variants: Miri, Mirie, and Mirrie

 

Mishal

 

  • Origin: Arabic gender-neutral name 
  • Meaning: “Torchbearer”
  • Pronunciation: “mee-shahl”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: British journalist Mishal Husain and a royal name after Kuwait’s Emir (equivalent to king) Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
  • Variants: Misshal

 

Mogotsi

 

  • Origin: Sesotho (South African) boy name
  • Meaning: “Builder of fire”
  • Also a black baby name
  • Pronunciation: “moh-got-see”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Fire Names Starting With N

Neyanki

 

  • Origin: Khanty (Russian federal subject) girl name
  • Pronunciation: “nay-uhn-kee”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Nina

 

  • Meaning: “Fire” and a pet name for female kids or a loved one that means “little girl” 
  • Pronunciation: “nee-nyah”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #309
  • Namesakes/Description: Bulgarian-born Canadian actress Nina Dobrev (birth name Nikolina Kamenova Dobreva) American journalist Nina Burleigh 
  • Variants: Nina and Ninna

 

Nomalanga

 

  • Pronunciation: “noh-mah-lang-gah”
  • Length: 9 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: South African actor Nomalanga Shozi 
  • Also a unique middle name (such as after community development practitioner and emerging historian Naledi Nomalanga Mkhize)
  • Variants: Nomalangga

 

Nootau

 

  • Origin: Native American unisex name
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “noo-taw”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Nuri

 

  • Origin: Arabic and Hebrew girl name
  • Meaning: Name that means “light” or “my fire”
  • Pronunciation: “noo-ree”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Turkish volleyball player Nuri Şahin and Swedish journalist and filmmaker Nuri Kino
  • Variants: Nurri and Noori

 

Nuria

 

  • Origin: Hebrew, Arabic, and Spanish girl name
  • Meaning: “Fire of the Lord” or an earthy name that means “place between the valleys”
  • Pronunciation: “noo-ree-uh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Spanish handball player Nuria Benzal and Mexican actress Nuria Bages
  • Variants: Nuriya

 

Nyambe

 

  • Origin: African boy name 
  • Meaning: “God of the sun,” “supreme god,” and “sky father”
  • Pronunciation: “nee-yam-beh”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a last name (such as after Namibian professional footballer Ryan Nyambe)
  • Variants: Nyambbe

 

Fire Names Starting With O

Oriane

 

  • Meaning: “Sunrise”
  • Pronunciation: “oh-ree-uhn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Oya

 

  • Origin: Yoruban – African girl name
  • Meaning: “Warrior goddess of the wind”
  • Pronunciation: “oh-yah”
  • Length: 3 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Oya, the Yoruban goddess of fire, fertility, and wind
  • Modern namesakes also include Turkish award-winning poet Oya Uysala and comedy actress Oya Başar
  • Variants: Oyya

 

Fire Names Starting With P

Paratyl

 

  • Origin: Aboriginal gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “Flame” or “one who is lighted like a flame”
  • Pronunciation: “pah-rah-teel”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Pirro

 

  • Origin: Italian boy name
  • Meaning: “One with flame-color hair”
  • Pronunciation: “pee-row”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Albanian singer and composer Pirro Çako and Italian architect and painter Pirro Ligorio
  • Variants: Piro and Pirroh

 

Plamen 

 

  • Origin: Serbian and Bulgarian boy name
  • Meaning: Masculine name that means “flame,” “fire,” or “fiery one”
  • Pronunciation: “plah-mehn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Bulgarian football goalkeeper Plamen Nikolov and soccer player Plamen Dimov
  • Variants: Plammen

 

Pyrrhus

 

  • Origin: Greek boy name
  • Meaning: “Flame-colored,” “flame-like,” “flammable,” or a name that means “red”
  • Pronunciation: “pee-ruhs”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: King Pyrrhus of Epirus (an ancient Greek kingdom)
  • After Pyrrhus, the son of the warrior Achilles in Greek mythology
  • Variants: Pyrhus

 

Fire Name Starting With Q

Quench

 

  • Origin: English unisex word name
  • Meaning: “To extinguish (the fire)”
  • The opposite of lighting a fire
  • Pronunciation: “kwench”
  • Length: 6 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Fire Names Starting With R

Ra

 

  • Origin: Egyptian boy name
  • Pronunciation: “rah”
  • Length: 2 letters, syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Links to Ra, the god of the sun, light, power, and the heavens in Egyptian mythology
  • Variants: Rah

 

Reese

 

  • Origin: Welsh and English gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “Enthusiasm,” “ardor,” “fire,” or “ardent”
  • Pronunciation: “rees”
  • Length: 5 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: #168 (girls) and #642 (boys)
  • Namesakes/Description: American tennis player Reese Brantmeier and actress Reese Witherspoon
  • Variants: English version of the Welsh name “Rhys”; also spelled Reece, Rys, and Rais

 

Roksana

 

  • Meaning: Girl space name that means “star”
  • Pronunciation: “rohk-sah-nah”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Polish singer and Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 winner Roksana Węgiel and Ukrainian alpine skier Roksana Tymchenko
  • Variants: Rokksana, Rokssana, and Roksanna

 

Rosana

 

  • Origin: Persian, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian girl name
  • Meaning: “Star of magnificence”
  • Pronunciation: “row-sah-nah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Brazilian football coach and former player Rosana dos Santos Augusto and Spanish taekwondo practitioner Rosana Simón
  • Variants: Roxana (Romanian), Rossana, and Rosanna

 

Fire Names Starting With S

Sampson

 

  • Origin: Hebrew boy name
  • Pronunciation: “samp-son”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: London bookseller and publisher Sampson Low and Australian rules footballer and coach Sampson Hosking
  • Variants: Sampsson

 

Sol

 

  • Meaning: “Sun”
  • Pronunciation: “sohl”
  • Length: 3 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: #837 (girls) and 1,000+ (boys)
  • Namesakes/Description: After Sol, the ancient god and the personification of the sun in Roman mythology and religion
  • Variants: Soleil

 

Solana

 

  • Origin: Spanish girl name 
  • Meaning: “Sunshine” (a name that means “sun”) or “the eastern wind”
  • Pronunciation: “soh-lah-nah”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American R&B singer-songwriter Solána Imani Rowe (stage name SZA) and the fictional character Solana Vakarian in the “Mass Effect” video games
  • Variants: Solena and Solanna

 

Solaris

 

  • Origin: Latin gender-neutral name 
  • Meaning: “Of the sun”
  • Pronunciation: “sow-lah-rees”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a mystical name after “Solaris,” the title of Polish author Stanisław Lem’s science fiction novel 
  • Variants: Sollaris and Solarris

 

Solveig 

 

  • Origin: Scandinavian girl name
  • Meaning: Strong girl name that means “daughter of the sun,” “the strong house,” or “the woman of the house”
  • Pronunciation: “sohl-vay”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Norwegian operatic soprano Solveig Kringlebotn and French-German actress Solveig Dommartin
  • Variants: Sólveig (with an accent), Solvei, Solveij, Solvej, and Solveg

 

Souzan

 

  • Origin: Persian girl name
  • Meaning: “On fire,” “burning,” or “flaming”
  • Pronunciation: “soo-zahn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Iranian actress Souzan Alavi and Filipino volleyball player Souzan Raslan
  • Variants: Souzzan

 

Sulien

 

  • Origin: Welsh boy name
  • Meaning: “Sun born”
  • Pronunciation: “suh-lee-ehn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a mystical name after The Grand Magister Solien, a character in the “Ever Legion” video game
  • Variants: Suliyen and Sullien

 

Sunniva

 

  • Origin: Norwegian, Scandinavian, and Anglo-Saxon girl name
  • Meaning: “Sun gift”
  • Pronunciation: “sun-eeh-vah”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Norwegian sociologist and public servant Sunniva Ørstavik and handballer Sunniva Næs Andersen
  • Also a spiritual name after St. Sunniva (the Irish-born patron saint of Western Norway)
  • Variants: Sunnivah, Suniva, and Sunngifu

 

Surya

 

  • Origin: Hindi boy name
  • Meaning: “Sun god,” “solar deity,” or “the sun”
  • Pronunciation: “soor-yah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: French figure skater Surya Bonaly
  • Variants: Surrya and Suriya

 

Fire Names Starting With T

Tanwen

 

  • Origin: Welsh girl name
  • Meaning: “Holy fire” or “white fire”
  • Pronunciation: “tahn-wen”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Fictional character Tanwen in the “Arthur” trilogy novels by Kevin Crossley-Holland
  • Variants: Tannwen and Tanwenn

 

Thor

 

  • Origin: Old Norse boy name
  • Meaning: Powerful boy name that means “thunder”
  • Pronunciation: “thor”
  • Length: 4 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Norwegian road bicycle racer Thor Hushovd and Icelandic writer Thor Vilhjálmsson
  • Also a mythical name after Thor, the Norse god of thunder 
  • Variants: Thorr

 

Titus

 

  • Origin: Latin and Ancient Roman boy name
  • Meaning: “Title of honor” or “to burn”
  • Pronunciation: “tai-tuhs”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #362
  • Namesakes/Description: American football players Titus Davis and Titus Leo
  • Also a literary name after the titular character in the play “Titus Andronicus” by William Shakespeare
  • Variants: Biblical boy name comes from the Latin name “Titos”; also spelled as Tytus (Polish anme), Tittus, and Tiitus

 

Tyson

 

  • Origin: English boy name
  • Meaning: “Firebrand,” “high-spirited,” and “ember”
  • Pronunciation: “tai-sn”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Canadian ice hockey player Tyson Sexsmith and Australian mixed martial artist Tyson Pedro 
  • Variants: Tysson

 

Fire Names Starting With U

Udia

 

  • Origin: Hebrew girl name
  • Pronunciation: “ooh-dee-uh”
  • Length: 4 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Ugnė

 

  • Origin: Lithuanian girl name 
  • Meaning: “Fire”
  • Pronunciation: “oog-nee-uh”
  • Length: 4 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Lithuanian swimmer Ugnė Mažutaitytė and writer Ugnė Karvelis
  • Variants: None

 

Uri

 

  • Origin: Hebrew boy name
  • Meaning: “My flame” or “my light”
  • Pronunciation: “yooh-ree”
  • Length: 3 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Israeli film director, comedian, and actor Uri Zohar
  • Variants: Urri; also relates to the biblical names Uriel and Uriah

 

Uto 

 

  • Meaning: “Sun goddess” or “to ascend or climb”
  • Pronunciation: “ooh”toh”
  • Length: 3 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: German sports shooter Uto Wunderlich and Italian violinist and conductor Uto Ughi 
  • Variants: Utto; also the Greek form of the Egyptian goddess Wadjet

 

Fire Names Starting With V

Vatroslav

 

  • Origin: Croatian boy name
  • Meaning: “Fire glory” or “fame”
  • Pronunciation: “vah-trows-lahv”
  • Length: 9 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Croatian film director Vatroslav Mimica and Austrian-Croatian music educator Vatroslav Lichtenegger
  • Variants: None

 

Vesta

 

  • Origin: Latin and Roman girl name
  • Meaning: “Hearth” or “pure”
  • Pronunciation: “veh-stuh”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: British writer Vesta Hathaway (born Marina Oliver) and Lithuanian chess player Vesta Kasputė 
  • Also a goddess name after the Roman deity and the guardian of the hearth fire and the sacred flame; she’s the counterpart of Hestia (Greek goddess)

 

Vulcan 

 

  • Origin: Latin boy name
  • Meaning: “To flash” and “to shine”
  • Pronunciation: “vool-kahn”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 
  • Namesakes/Description: Relates to the Roman god of fire, Vulcan
  • Also a badass boy name after Vulcan, an Omega-level mutant in Marvel Comics who has the ability to absorb, manipulate, and control huge amounts of energy
  • Variants: Vulkan

 

Fire Names Starting With W

Wadjet 

 

  • Origin: Egyptian girl name
  • Meaning: “The green one”
  • Pronunciation: “wahd-jet”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Wadjet, the badass Egyptian serpent goddess of time, heaven, hell, and justice who breathes fire at her enemies
  • Variants: Uadjet and Udjo

 

Warme 

 

  • Origin: German and Roman girl name
  • Meaning: “Warmth”
  • Pronunciation: “war-may”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Wēnnuǎn

 

  • Meaning: Exotic girl name that means “warmth”
  • Pronunciation: “weh-noo-ahn”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Fire Names Starting With X

Xhaiden

 

  • Meaning: “Beam of cleansing light”
  • Pronunciation: “zay-den”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Xaiden

 

Xol

 

  • Origin: American androgynous name
  • Meaning: Modern invented name that means “sun”
  • Pronunciation: “syol”
  • Length: 3 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a last name (such as after American actor Eduardo Xol) and a musical name after the Xol Azul Band based in New Jersey
  • Variants: Sol and Xola

 

Fire Names Starting With Y

Yánjiāng

 

  • Origin: Chinese unisex name
  • Meaning: “Lava”
  • Pronunciation: “yan-jee-ahng”
  • Length: 8 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: 1,000+
  • Variants: Yanjjiang

 

Yansá 

 

  • Origin: Yoruban – African girl name 
  • Meaning: “Goddess of lightning”
  • Pronunciation: “yan-sah”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Earthy name after Yansa Tsenji, a mountain in the Himalayas
  • Variants: Yannsa

 

Yeongi

 

  • Origin: Korean unisex name
  • Meaning: “Smoke”
  • Pronunciation: “yong-gee”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: Yeonggi

 

Yōgan

 

  • Meaning: “Lava”
  • Pronunciation: “yoh-gahn”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Fire Names Starting With Z

Zenith

 

  • Origin: Arabic and English gender-neutral name
  • Meaning: “The highest point in the heavens,” “the point in the sky directly above the person or observer,” or “when the sun is at its highest point” 
  • Pronunciation: “zen-eeth”
  • Length: 6 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a cool name after the Zenith weapon crafted from a variety of swords in the “Terraria” video game 
  • Variants: Zennith

 

Zestasiá

 

  • Meaning: “Warmth”
  • Pronunciation: “zes-tah-see-uh”
  • Length: 8 letters, 4 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: None
  • Variants: None

 

Zhurong

 

  • Meaning: “The god of fire”
  • Pronunciation: “zoo-rong”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: After Zhurong, the Chinese god of fire
  • Variants: The fire god is also known as “Chongli”

 

Barbara

 

  • Origin: English girl name
  • Meaning: “Strange” or “foreign”
  • Pronunciation: “bar-bah-rah”
  • Length: 7 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #976
  • Namesakes/Description: After St. Barbara, the protector against fire and lightning
  • Also after modern namesakes such as Canadian figure skater Barbara Wagner and American music artist Barbara Pennington
  • Variants: Barbie (American doll name) and Bracha (Hawaiian name)

 

Sunny

 

  • Origin: English girl name
  • Pronunciation: “suh-nee”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: #552
  • Namesakes/Description: Canadian fashion designer Sunny Fong and American model and actress Sunny Mabrey
  • Variants: Sunnie

 

Barak

 

  • Origin: Hebrew boy name 
  • Meaning: “Lightning”
  • Pronunciation: “bah-rahk”
  • Length: 5 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Israeli football player Barak Badash and English musical instrument maker Barak Norman
  • Variants: Barrak, Barrack, and Barack

 

Branton

 

  • Origin: English boy name
  • Meaning: “Sword,” “fire town,” “gorse settlement,” or “broom”
  • Pronunciation: “bran-tn”
  • Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American writer and actor Branton Box
  • Also a last name (such as after British novelist and author Matthew Branton and American football player Gene Branton)
  • Variants: Brandton an Brannton

 

Brent

 

  • Origin: Old English boy name
  • Meaning: “Dweller near the burnt land,” “mount,” or “hill”
  • Pronunciation: “brent”
  • Length: 5 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: American musician William Brent Hinds and actor Brent Jay Spiner
  • Variants: Brendt, Brenton, and Brentt

 

Cole 

 

  • Origin: English boy name
  • Meaning: “Charcoal,” “victory of the people,” “swarthy,” or “coal black”
  • Can also be black boy name
  • Pronunciation: “kowl”
  • Length: 4 letters, 1 syllable
  • Popularity/Rank: #143
  • Namesakes/Description: American composer and songwriter Cole Albert Porter and actor and photographer Cole Mitchell Sprouse
  • Variants: Kole, Col, Koel, Cohl, Kohl, and Kol

 

Heulfryn

 

  • Origin: Welsh boy name
  • Meaning: “Sunny hill”
  • Pronunciation: “hee-uhl-freen”
  • Length: 8 letters, 2 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Also a cool boy name after Heulfryn, a fictional character and healer in the multiplayer online role-playing game “Mabinogi”
  • Variants: None

 

Hotaru

 

  • Meaning: “Firefly” or “lightning bug”
  • Pronunciation: “hoh-tah-roo”
  • Length: 6 letters, 3 syllables
  • Popularity/Rank: 1,000+
  • Namesakes/Description: Japanese actress Hotaru Akane 
  • Also an anime girl name after Hotaru Tsuchigumo, a character in the Japanese manga “Naruto”
  • Variants: Hotarru

 

Tips When Choosing A Fire Name For Your Best

There are plenty of names that mean fire. Here are tips to help you find the right fire names to suit your little one:

 

Check Their Meanings & Avoiding Future Bullying Or Embarrassment 

It’s always good to check the baby name meaning, especially if you’re picking a name from a language you aren’t familiar with. This helps save your child from future embarrassment.

 

Spelling & Variations

Some names have different spellings but the same meaning. For example, the popular fire name “Aiden” (little fire) can also be spelled as “Aidan,” “Egan,” “Edan,” “Hagan,” and “Ahdán.” You can pick the variant that you like best.

 

Name trends vary, so some names might be popular for just a short time, while others are considered classics that remain among the top choices even after decades (centuries or even millennia).

For example, Bridget, the name of the ancient Irish goddess of fire, remains a popular choice even in modern times.

 

Last Names

Some last names, such as the fire name “Tyson,” have also become common options as first or middle names. 

 

References

(1) https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/

(2) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salamander#:~:text=%3A%20a%20mythical%20animal%20having%20the,gills%20in%20the%20larval%20stage

 

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