Names That Mean Fire

Names meaning fire, flame, burning or ember. A small theme and an old one — fire names come from mythology and from words for the hearth rather than from anything decorative.

Every name here has a researched page whose stated meaning carries this sense.

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15 names, most popular first in United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

Aiden Aiden is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," an Anglicized form of Aodhán.
Boy Irish #62 in US
Ember Ember is a girl's name of Old English origin taken from the word for a glowing coal, from æmyrge.
Girl English #154 in US
Reese Reese is a name of Welsh origin meaning "ardour" or "enthusiasm."
Unisex Welsh #192 in US
Ayden Ayden is a boy's name, a respelling of the Irish Aidan meaning "little fire."
Boy Irish #257 in US
Aidan Aidan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," from Aodh, the name of a fire god.
Boy Irish #326 in US
Rhys Rhys is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "ardor" or "enthusiasm," and it gave English the surname Price by way of a Welsh word for son.
Boy Welsh #410 in US
Mckenna Mckenna means son of the fire god, and the name is 100 percent female in our records — the Mac is a literal patronymic and Cionaodh names a pre-Christian deity, neither of which has been softened.
Girl Irish #410 in US
Raiden Raiden is a boy's name of Japanese origin naming the god of thunder and lightning.
Boy Japanese #432 in US
Uriel Uriel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my light".
Boy Hebrew #445 in US
Idris Idris is a name with two entirely separate origins. In Welsh it means "ardent lord," from a legendary giant; in Arabic it names a prophet and is usually read as "studious" — and the two are unrelated.
Boy Welsh #694 in US
Kenny Kenny sits on top of two different Gaelic names that English collapsed into one — Cináed, born of fire, and Coinneach, handsome.
Boy Scottish #1,270 in US
Brent Brent means burned land, from ground cleared by fire — a place name recording a specific agricultural practice rather than a hill or a holy site, which are the two readings usually offered for it.
Boy English #1,510 in US
Aodhan Aodhan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," from Aodh, the name of a fire god.
Boy Irish #6,237 in US
Aodha Aodha is a girl's name that is grammatically the genitive of Aodh, a boy's name meaning fire.
Girl Irish 143 births
Aodhla Aodhla is a girl's name of Irish origin built on Aodh, the fire god, and it is the newest name in Ireland's top 200.
Girl Irish 130 births

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