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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3 names, uncommon — 100 to 499 a year, in United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

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.
Welsh 397 in 2025
Kenny Kenny sits on top of two different Gaelic names that English collapsed into one — Cináed, born of fire, and Coinneach, handsome.
Scottish 161 in 2025
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.
English 116 in 2025

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