Names That Mean Fire: 102 Fiery Names

Names that mean fire include Aidan and Keegan (from Irish Aodh, “fire”), Ember, Seraphina (“fiery ones”), Fiamma (“flame”), Keahi (“the fire”) and Azar (“fire”), and this list gives a checked origin and meaning for 102 fiery names.

Names that mean fire feel warm, bold and full of energy. Some are simply the word for fire in another language, like Azar in Persian, Sua in Basque and Ugnė in Lithuanian. Others mean flame, spark or ember, and a few, like Kenneth and Brantley, carry a fire root hidden in their history.

We grouped the names by girls, boys and gender-neutral picks, then by flame, spark and ember names, fiery and burning names, fire gods and goddesses, and old Germanic brand names. Every meaning was checked against the name’s own Behind the Name entry, and a final table lists seven names often called fire names that actually mean something else.

Key Takeaways

Aidan comes from Irish Aodhán, “little fire”, and Keegan from a surname built on the same root, Aodh.
Seraphina comes from the biblical seraphim, a word that meant “fiery ones”.
Keahi (Hawaiian, “the fire”) and Azar (Persian, “fire”) are listed for both girls and boys.
Some fire gods have names that do not mean fire: Pele and Hephaestus have unknown meanings.
Hugh, Blaise and Kai are often listed as fire names, but their reference meanings are different.

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Names That Mean Fire at a Glance

Quick Answer

Popular names that mean fire include Aidan and Keegan (from Irish Aodh, “fire”), Ember, Seraphina (“fiery ones”), Fiamma (“flame”), Ignatius, Blaze, Brenda (“fire, torch, sword”), Uriel (from a root meaning “light, flame”) and Kenneth. Gender-neutral picks include Keahi (“the fire” in Hawaiian), Azar (“fire” in Persian) and Phoenix.

Every gender label, origin and meaning on this page was checked against the name’s own entry on Behind the Name in October 2026. Where the reference calls a meaning possible, uncertain or unknown, we print it that way, and we say so plainly when a name is linked to fire by its story rather than its meaning.

These ten are the fire names most parents will recognize. Some say “fire” outright, some come from a fire word only through history, and one (Ignatius) only looks like the Latin word for fire. The meaning column tells you which is which.

Name	Gender	Origin	Meaning
Aidan	Boy	Irish, English (modern)	Anglicized form of Aodhán, from the Old Irish name Áedán: “little fire”
Ember	Girl	English (modern)	From the English word ember, ultimately from Old English æmerge
Seraphina	Girl	English (rare), German (rare), Late Roman	Feminine form of Seraphinus, from the biblical word seraphim, Hebrew in origin, meaning “fiery ones”
Fiamma	Girl	Italian	“Flame” in Italian
Ignatius	Boy	Late Roman	From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown (Etruscan); the spelling was later altered to resemble Latin ignis, “fire”
Blaze	Boy	English (modern)	Modern variant of Blaise, influenced by the English word blaze
Brenda	Girl	English	Feminine form of the Old Norse name Brandr: “fire, torch, sword”
Uriel	Boy	Biblical, Hebrew	“God is my light”, from Hebrew ur, “light, flame”, and el, “God”; an archangel in Hebrew tradition
Kenneth	Boy	Scottish, English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian	Anglicized form of both Coinneach and Cináed (Cináed is possibly built on Old Irish áed, “fire”)
Keegan	Boy	English	From the Irish surname Mac Aodhagáin, from the given name Aodhagán, a double diminutive of Aodh (“fire”)

Ten well-known names that mean fire, with the meaning given by Behind the Name.

Notice how many of these trace back to one Irish name. Aodh (spelled Áed in Old Irish) meant “fire”, and it gave rise to Aodhán (“little fire”), which was anglicized as Aidan, and to the surname behind Keegan. Kenneth is part of the same family through Cináed, one of the two older names it anglicizes. If you like the sound of these, our Irish boy names list has many more.

Girl Names That Mean Fire

Girl names that mean fire come from all over the world: Cherokee, Quechua, Basque, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Armenian, Kazakh and Irish, among others. Several are the plain word for fire in their language, which gives them a simple, elemental feel.

Name	Origin	Meaning
Adsila	Cherokee	From Cherokee atsila, “fire”, or atsilunsgi, “flower, blossom”
Nina	Quechua, Aymara	“Fire” in Quechua and Aymara (a separate name from the Russian and Spanish Nina)
Sua	Basque	From Basque su, “fire”
Ugnė	Lithuanian	From Lithuanian ugnis, “fire”
Eldbjørg	Norwegian	From Old Norse eldr, “fire”, and bjǫrg, “help, salvation”
Hranush	Armenian	From Armenian hur, “fire”, and anush, “sweet”
Hurik	Armenian	“Small fire” in Armenian
Janar	Kazakh	“Eyes, fire, beauty” in Kazakh
Narine	Armenian	Probably from Persian nar, “pomegranate”; alternately it could come from Arabic nar, “fire”
Áednat	Old Irish	Feminine diminutive of Áed, the Old Irish form of Aodh (“fire”)
Kenna	Scottish	Feminine form of Kenneth
McKenna	English (modern)	From the Irish and Scottish surname Mac Cionaodha, from the given name Cionaodh (the modern Irish form of Cináed)
Ignacia	Spanish	Spanish feminine form of Ignatius
Serafina	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (rare)	Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Seraphina (“fiery ones”)
Séraphine	French	French form of Seraphina
Brinley	English (modern)	Bryn plus the suffix lee; it also matches an English surname from a town name meaning “burned clearing”

Girl names that mean fire, or that come from a fire word.

A few of these deserve a closer look before you fall in love. Adsila has two possible sources in Cherokee, “fire” or “flower, blossom”, and the reference does not choose between them. Narine is probably from a Persian word for pomegranate, with “fire” as an alternate explanation. Brinley is mainly a modern blend of Bryn and the suffix lee; its fire link comes only from an English surname taken from a town whose name meant “burned clearing”.

Nina is a good example of why the full entry matters. Behind the Name lists more than one Nina, and the one that means “fire” is the Quechua and Aymara name. The familiar Nina used in Russian, Italian and English has different roots, so if the fire meaning is the reason you chose it, it is kind to tell your daughter which Nina she is named after.

Kenna and McKenna connect to fire through the Kenneth family: Kenna is a Scottish feminine form of Kenneth, and McKenna comes from a surname built on Cionaodh, the modern Irish form of Cináed. Serafina and Séraphine are the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French forms of Seraphina. For more Italian options, see our Italian girl names.

Boy Names That Mean Fire

Boy names that mean fire lean on two big traditions: the Irish Aodh family and the many forms of Ignatius. Around them are single-language gems like Sam (Persian), Vatroslav (Croatian) and Tanguy (Breton).

Name	Origin	Meaning
Aodh	Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Mythology	From Old Irish Áed, which meant “fire”; borne by several high kings of Ireland
Aodhán	Irish	From the Old Irish name Áedán, “little fire”, a diminutive of Áed
Aiden	English (modern)	Variant of Aidan
Ayden	English (modern), French (modern)	Variant of Aidan
Cináed	Medieval Scottish, Old Irish	Possibly Old Irish cin, “respect, esteem, affection”, or cinid, “be born”, plus áed, “fire”; it might instead be Pictish
Conleth	Irish	Anglicized form of Conláed, possibly “constant fire”
Fintan	Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish	Possibly “white fire” or “white ancient” in Irish
Sam	Persian, Persian Mythology	“Fire” in Persian (from an earlier Iranian root meaning “black”); a hero of the Shahnameh
Azər	Azerbaijani	Azerbaijani form of Azar (“fire”)
Vatroslav	Croatian	From Croatian vatra, “fire”, and the Slavic element slava, “glory”; coined (or revived) in the 19th century
Joash	Biblical	From Hebrew Yoash, possibly “fire of Yahweh”; borne by several Old Testament figures
Tanguy	Breton, French	From Breton tan, “fire”, and ki, “dog”; a 6th-century Breton saint
Tyson	English	From an English surname, originally a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French tison, “firebrand”
Ignacio	Spanish	Spanish form of Ignatius
Iñaki	Basque	Basque form of Ignatius
Serafino	Italian	Italian form of Seraphinus (see Seraphina, “fiery ones”)
Serafim	Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian	Form of Seraphinus in various languages
Brantley	English (modern)	From an Americanized form of the German surname Brändle, ultimately from Old High German brant, “fire”
Brenton	English	From a surname from a place name meaning “Bryni’s town”; Bryni was an Old English name meaning “fire”
Gimli	Literature	Probably from Gimlé in Norse mythology: “shelter from fire”, from Old Norse gimr, “fire”, and hlé, “shelter”; a dwarf in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

Boy names that mean fire, or that come from a fire word.

Aodh is the root of the whole Irish set. Behind the Name notes it was a very popular name in early Ireland, borne by figures in Irish mythology and several high kings. Aodhán, its diminutive, means “little fire” and was borne by a 6th-century king of Dál Riata and several early saints. Aiden and Ayden are listed as variants of Aidan, so the meaning travels with the spelling.

Sam here is not a short form of Samuel. The Sam that means “fire” is a separate Persian name, the name of a hero in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh. Tyson is a fun surprise: the surname began as a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from an Old French word for “firebrand”. Gimli comes from literature, and the reference traces it to a Norse place name meaning “shelter from fire”.

Brantley and Brenton are surname names with a hidden fire root. Brantley traces to an Old High German word for fire, and Brenton to a place named for a man called Bryni, an Old English name meaning “fire”. Want more names with a bold feel? Browse our strong boy names and unique boy names.

Gender-Neutral Names That Mean Fire

Only a handful of fire names carry a both-genders label in their reference entry. These four do, and each one is easy to say in English.

Name	Origin	Meaning
Keahi	Hawaiian (feminine and masculine)	“The fire”, from Hawaiian ke (a definite article) and ahi, “fire”
Azar	Persian (feminine and masculine)	“Fire” in Persian
Phoenix	English, modern (masculine and feminine)	From the immortal bird of Egyptian and Greek mythology that is consumed by fire and rises from its ashes; the Greek word phoinix means “dark red”
Ash	English (masculine and feminine)	Short form of Ashley; it can also come directly from the English word for the tree or for the residue of fire

Gender-neutral names linked to fire.

Keahi and Azar are the most direct: “the fire” in Hawaiian and “fire” in Persian. Phoenix and Ash are word names. Phoenix comes from the mythological bird reborn from its own ashes (the Greek word itself means “dark red”), and Ash can be a short form of Ashley or simply the word for the tree or the residue of fire. More options for any child are in our gender neutral names guide.

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Names That Mean Flame, Spark or Ember

If you like the idea of fire but want something softer, look at names for a flame, a spark or a glowing ember. This group mixes girls’ and boys’ names, and the gender column follows each entry.

Name	Gender	Origin	Meaning
Fiammetta	Girl	Italian	Diminutive of Fiamma (“flame”); a character in works by Boccaccio
Shula	Girl	Arabic	“Flame” in Arabic
Şule	Girl	Turkish	“Flame” in Turkish
Flaka	Girl	Albanian	From Albanian flakë, “flame”
Iskra	Girl	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian	“Spark” in South Slavic
Emberly	Girl	English (modern)	Elaboration of Ember, influenced by the spelling of Kimberly
Emberlynn	Girl	English (modern)	Elaboration of Ember using the name suffix lyn
Ayelen	Girl	Mapuche	From Mapuche ayelen, “laughing”, ayliñ, “clear”, or aylen, “ember”
Plamen	Boy	Bulgarian, Serbian	“Flame, fire” in South Slavic
Panu	Boy	Finnish	Finnish short form of Urbanus; also an archaic Finnish word meaning “flame, fire”
Guntis	Boy	Latvian	Meaning unknown, possibly from Latvian guns, “fire, flame” (a poetic word)
Inar	Boy	Basque	“Spark” in Basque
Krešimir	Boy	Croatian	From Slavic krěsiti, “to spark, to flare up, to bring to life”, and mirŭ, “peace, world”; four Croatian kings
Koray	Boy	Turkish	“Ember moon”, from Turkish kor, “ember”, and ay, “moon, month”
Korhan	Boy	Turkish	From Turkish kor, “ember”, and han, from the title khan, “leader”
Žarko	Boy	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian	From South Slavic žar, “ember, zeal, fervour”
Uriah	Boy	Biblical	“Yahweh is my light”, from Hebrew ur, “light, flame”, and yah

Names that mean flame, spark or ember.

Iskra (“spark” in South Slavic) and Inar (“spark” in Basque) make a natural pair for siblings who share a meaning but not a language. Fiamma and Fiammetta are both Italian, and Fiammetta, the diminutive, appears as a character in several works by the 14th-century writer Boccaccio. Emberly and Emberlynn are modern English elaborations of Ember.

Two names in this table have a fire meaning that the reference treats as uncertain or secondary. Guntis is listed with meaning unknown, possibly from a poetic Latvian word for fire and flame. Panu is mainly a Finnish short form of Urbanus, and it also matches an archaic Finnish word for flame. Uriah and Uriel (in the first table) share a Hebrew root that the reference glosses as “light, flame”; for names that mean light more broadly, see our names that mean light.

Names That Mean Fiery, Burning or Blazing

These names describe fire in action: fiery, burning, blazing or glowing. Some are everyday names in their home countries, and a few come from Greek mythology or astronomy.

Name	Gender	Origin	Meaning
Fajra	Girl	Esperanto	“Fiery” in Esperanto, from fajro, “fire”
Ognyana	Girl	Bulgarian	Feminine form of Ognyan (“fiery”)
Suzan	Girl	Turkish	From Persian suzan, “burning” (a separate name from the English Suzan)
Soile	Girl	Finnish	Possibly from Finnish soilu, “glimmer, blaze”
Ognyan	Boy	Bulgarian	From Bulgarian ognen, “fiery”
Ognjen	Boy	Croatian, Serbian	Croatian and Serbian form of Ognyan
Hrayr	Boy	Armenian	“Fiery man”, from Armenian hur, “fire”, and ayr, “man, husband”
Hrachya	Boy	Armenian	“Eyes of fire”, from Old Armenian hur, “fire”, and achk, “eyes, sight”
Abhimanyu	Boy	Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Odia	“Heroic, brave, fiery” in Sanskrit; a son of Arjuna in the Mahabharata
Phlegon	Boy	Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology, Biblical	“Burning” in Greek, from phlego, “to burn”; appears briefly in the New Testament
Sirius	Boy	Astronomy	A bright star in Canis Major, via Latin from Greek seirios, “burning”
Tapan	Boy	Bengali, Odia, Assamese	From Sanskrit tapana, “warming, burning, heating”
Sandip	Boy	Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati and more	From Sanskrit sandip, “to blaze, to burn”
Abera	Boy	Amharic	“Shine, illuminate, burn” in Amharic
Volkan	Boy	Turkish	“Volcano” in Turkish
Pyrrhus	Boy	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek (Latinized)	From Greek Pyrrhos, “flame-colored, red”, related to pyr, “fire”

Names that mean fiery, burning or blazing.

The Ognyan family comes from a Bulgarian word for “fiery”. Ognyan is the Bulgarian form, Ognjen the Croatian and Serbian form, and Ognyana the Bulgarian feminine. The Armenian names Hrayr (“fiery man”) and Hrachya (“eyes of fire”) share the Armenian word hur, “fire”, with Hranush and Hurik in the girls’ table.

Sirius is the bright star in Canis Major, and its name comes from a Greek word for “burning”. If you love sky names, our space names guide and our names that mean moon list pair well with this one. Volkan is the Turkish word for volcano, a fiery choice without the word fire in it.

Fire Gods and Goddesses: Names From Mythology

Many cultures told stories about fire through gods and goddesses. We describe each one here as a mythological figure, the way the reference does. Only some of these names actually mean fire; for the rest, the fire link is the figure’s role in the story, and the table shows the real meaning of the name itself.

Name	Tradition	Meaning and story
Agni	Hinduism, Hindi (boy)	“Fire” in Sanskrit; the Vedic Hindu fire god
Hestia	Greek Mythology (girl)	From Greek hestia, “hearth, fireside”; goddess of the hearth and home life
Vesta	Roman Mythology (girl)	Probably a Roman cognate of Hestia; goddess of the hearth, whose temple in Rome kept a continuous fire
Svarog	Slavic Mythology (boy)	Probably “fire”, from Old Slavic sŭvarŭ, “heat”; a Slavic god linked with blacksmithing
Bes	Egyptian Mythology (boy)	Possibly from Egyptian bs, “flame” (a Nubian word for “cat” has also been suggested); a household protector god
Gabija	Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology (girl)	Probably from Lithuanian gaubti, “to cover”; the Lithuanian goddess of fire and the home
Bridget	Irish, English (girl)	Anglicized form of Brighid: “the exalted one”; in Irish mythology the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom
Pele	Polynesian Mythology (girl)	Meaning unknown; the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire, said to live in Kilauea
Hephaestus	Greek Mythology (boy)	Meaning unknown, probably pre-Greek; the Greek god of fire and forging
Vulcan	Roman Mythology (boy)	From Latin Vulcanus, possibly linked to fulgeo, “to flash”, but more likely pre-Latin; the Roman god of fire
Prometheus	Greek Mythology (boy)	From Greek prometheia, “foresight, forethought”; the Titan who gave the knowledge of fire to humankind
Tohil	Mayan Mythology (boy)	Possibly from Classic Maya tojol, “tribute”; a K’iche’ Maya fire god

Names of fire deities and fire figures from mythology.

Agni is the clearest case: the name means “fire” in Sanskrit and is the name of the Vedic Hindu fire god. Hestia and Vesta are hearth goddesses. Hestia’s name comes from the Greek word for “hearth, fireside”, and the reference calls Vesta probably a Roman cognate of it. Svarog probably means “fire” and is a Slavic god associated with blacksmithing.

Bridget, Pele, Hephaestus, Vulcan, Prometheus, Gabija and Tohil are tied to fire by their roles, not their meanings. Bridget means “the exalted one”, Prometheus means “foresight”, and the meanings of Pele and Hephaestus are unknown. That does not make them less beautiful; it just means you can honestly say your child is named after a fire goddess or god, not that the name means fire. Bridget is also an everyday Irish and English name, through Saint Brigid of Kildare.

A note of respect: Pele is a goddess in a living Hawaiian tradition, and Agni is a god in a living Hindu tradition. If neither tradition is part of your family, consider learning more about the figure before choosing the name, and be ready to share that story with your child.

Old Germanic Names Built on Brand (Fire, Torch, Sword)

Old Germanic and Old Norse names often used the element brant or brandr, which Behind the Name glosses as “fire, torch, sword”. The word could mean a burning brand or, poetically, a blade. Brenda in the first table comes from this root, and so do the names below.

Name	Origin	Meaning
Brando	Germanic	From the element brant, “fire, torch, sword”
Brandr	Old Norse	Old Norse byname meaning “fire, torch, sword”
Brant	English	From an English surname derived from the Old Norse name Brandr
Hildebrand	German (archaic), Germanic	“Battle sword”, from hilt, “battle”, and brant, “fire, torch, sword”; hero of an 8th-century poem
Rembrandt	Dutch (rare)	From regin, “advice, counsel, decision”, and brant, “fire, torch, sword”; the painter Rembrandt van Rijn
Aldebrand	Germanic	From alt, “old”, and brant, “fire, torch, sword”; a 12th-century saint
IJsbrand	Dutch (rare)	From the Old German elements is, “ice”, and brant, “fire, torch, sword”

Germanic and Norse names with the brand element.

Because the element carries both meanings, the reference sometimes translates the whole name with the sword sense: Hildebrand is given as “battle sword”. We print each meaning as the entry gives it. Rembrandt is the best-known bearer of this family, through the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, and Brando and Brant are the easiest for English speakers.

Names Often Called Fire Names That Mean Something Else

Some fire-name lists online include names whose reference entries give a different meaning. These seven are lovely names, but Behind the Name does not give them a fire meaning, so we list them here with what the entry actually says.

Name	Origin	Meaning
Hugh	English	From the Germanic name Hugo: “mind, thought, spirit”
Rhys	Welsh, English	From Old Welsh Ris, probably “ardour, enthusiasm”
Cole	English	From a surname, from a medieval short form of Nicholas or the byname Cola
Blaise	French	From Latin Blasius, probably from the Roman cognomen Blaesus: “lisping, stammering”
Hayden	English (masculine and feminine)	From a surname from place names meaning “hay valley” or “hay hill”
Kai	Hawaiian (masculine and feminine)	“Sea” in Hawaiian
Aithne	Irish (rare)	Possibly a variant of Eithne, possibly from Old Irish etne, “kernel, grain”

Names sometimes listed as fire names, with their actual meanings.

Hugh is a good example: it is sometimes linked to Aodh because Aodh was traditionally anglicized as Hugh, but Hugh’s own root is Germanic and means “mind, thought, spirit”. Blaise means “lisping, stammering”; it is Blaze, its modern variant, that borrowed the English word blaze. Rhys comes closest, with “ardour, enthusiasm”, and Kai, in its Hawaiian sense, means “sea”. If a fire meaning is the whole point of your choice, pick from the tables above.

Spelling, Accents and Pronunciation

Several fire names carry accents or special letters: Áednat, Aodhán, Cináed, Ugnė, Eldbjørg, Şule, Krešimir, Žarko, Iñaki, Séraphine and Azər. We print each one as its entry spells it. U.S. paperwork does not always carry accents or special characters, so decide early how you will write the name on forms.

Pronunciation can surprise you. The reference gives Irish pronunciations for Aodh close to “AY” or “EE”, which is very different from how it looks. Keahi is given as roughly “keh-AH-hee”, Fiamma as “FYAHM-mah”, Iñaki as “ee-NYAH-kee” and Seraphina, in English, as “ser-uh-FEEN-uh”. For names whose entries give no pronunciation, ask a speaker of the language before you commit.

Spelling also changes the feel of a name without changing its meaning. Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are all listed under the same root. Ignatius has its own family: Ignacio (Spanish), Iñaki (Basque) and Ignacia (a Spanish feminine form). The Seraphina family includes Serafina, Séraphine, Serafino and Serafim.

How to Choose a Name That Means Fire

Once you have a shortlist of names that mean fire, a few quick checks help you pick:

Decide how literal you want it: some names simply mean “fire” (Agni, Azar, Sua, Nina); others mean “little fire”, “spark” or “ember”; and some only connect to fire through history (Kenneth, Brantley, Ignatius). Choose the kind of link you are happy to explain.
Read the whole meaning: Brenda and the brand names mean “fire, torch, sword”, and Hildebrand is glossed as “battle sword”. Uriah’s Old Testament story is a sad one. Make sure you are comfortable with everything in the entry.
Say it with your last name: fire names range from one syllable (Ash, Sam, Brant) to four (Seraphina, Abhimanyu). Balance a long first name with a short middle name, or the reverse.
Think about short forms: long names like Seraphina, Ignatius and Abhimanyu will probably get shortened at school. Try out the likely short forms and make sure you like them too.
Look up popularity: none of the names on this page appears in the Social Security Administration’s 2025 top 10 for boys or girls, so all of them will stand out a little. The SSA’s Popularity of a Name tool shows how any name has been used over time.

Sibling sets. Names that share a fire meaning across languages make thoughtful pairs: Iskra and Inar (spark), Azar and Keahi (fire), Fiamma and Plamen (flame), Ember and Koray (ember).

Middle name pairings. A few built only from names on this page: Seraphina Ash, Ember Nina, Aidan Phoenix, Kenna Sua and Fintan Brant. Our middle names guide covers rhythm and flow.

Prefer warm light to fire? Our same-day guide to names that mean sun covers sun names, and the two lists do not share any names.

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The Bottom Line

Names that mean fire range from the familiar to the rare: Aidan, Keegan and Kenneth from the Irish Aodh family; Ember, Blaze and Phoenix as English word names; Seraphina and her many forms (“fiery ones”); Fiamma, Shula, Şule and Flaka (“flame”); Iskra and Inar (“spark”); Keahi and Azar for any child; and fire deities such as Agni, Hestia and Vesta. Read each meaning in full, notice whether the fire link is the meaning or the story, say your favorites out loud, and pick the one that still feels right a week later.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are some names that mean fire?

Well-known names that mean fire include Aidan and Aodhán (little fire), Aodh (fire), Azar (fire), Keahi (the fire), Ember, Seraphina (fiery ones), Fiamma (flame) and Brenda (fire, torch, sword). Rarer choices include Sua, Ugnė, Nina in its Quechua sense, Plamen and Iskra. Each meaning here comes from the name’s Behind the Name entry.

What girl name means fire?

Girl names that mean fire include Adsila (fire or flower, in Cherokee), Nina (fire, in Quechua and Aymara), Sua (Basque), Ugnė (Lithuanian) and Hurik (small fire, in Armenian). Fiamma, Shula and Şule mean flame, Iskra means spark, and Seraphina comes from a word meaning fiery ones. Ember is a popular English word name.

What boy name means fire?

Boy names that mean fire include Aodh, Aodhán (little fire), Aidan, Sam in its Persian sense, Vatroslav, Tanguy and Plamen (flame, fire). Hrayr means fiery man and Ognyan comes from a word for fiery. Ignatius is often listed, but its Roman root has an unknown meaning; only its later spelling was changed to look like the Latin word for fire.

What biblical name means fire?

Joash possibly means fire of Yahweh in Hebrew, and several Old Testament figures bear it. Seraphina comes from seraphim, a biblical word meaning fiery ones. Uriel and Uriah come from a Hebrew root glossed as light, flame. Phlegon, meaning burning in Greek, appears briefly in the New Testament.

What is a unisex name that means fire?

Keahi, Hawaiian for the fire, and Azar, Persian for fire, are both listed as feminine and masculine. Phoenix, the mythical bird reborn from its ashes, is used for both, and so is Ash, which can come from the English word for the residue of fire. Many other fire names carry only one gender label in their entries.

Does Aidan mean fire?

Yes, through its history. Aidan is the anglicized form of the Irish name Aodhán, which comes from the Old Irish Áedán, meaning little fire. That name is a diminutive of Áed, the older form of Aodh, which meant fire. Aiden and Ayden are listed as variants of Aidan, so they share the same root.

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