100+ Names That Mean Fire for Girls and Boys (2026)

This list has 115 names that mean fire, sorted into girl, boy and unisex sections, then fire deities, word names like Ember and Blaze, and a final group that means fiery or red-haired rather than fire itself. Each entry gives the origin language and the accepted meaning, and where the etymology is disputed the entry says so.

How to use this list

Fire names are unusually prone to folk etymology. Brigid, Enya and Kenneth all show up on "fire" lists, and none of them has a clean claim to the meaning. Every entry below is flagged when the link to fire is borrowed from a myth, a lookalike root or a name-site rumour, so you can decide how literal you want to be.

If none of these fit, the Baby Name Generator can take a meaning like "fire" or "flame" and a style you like and suggest names with the origin attached. For other themes, start with the hub of more names by meaning.

Girl names that mean fire

The strongest literal choices for girls are Tanwen, Fiamma, Shalhevet, Alev and Anala. The Irish group is popular but shaky, so read the notes.

Irish and Welsh

Edana — Irish, feminine of Aidan, from Aodh, “fire”; read as “little fire”
Aodhnait — Irish, “little fire”, a feminine diminutive of Aodh; anglicised as Enat
Aithne — Irish, meaning debated; usually read as “kernel”, the fire link comes from a resemblance to Aodh
Enya — Irish, anglicised Eithne, meaning debated; the fire gloss is unproven
Kenna — Scottish, feminine of Kenneth, from Cináed, “born of fire”; Kenneth also merges Coinneach, “handsome”
Tanwen — Welsh, tân “fire” and gwen “white, blessed”; “white fire”
Brigid — Irish, “exalted one”; goddess tied to the hearth flame, but the name does not mean fire

Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Kurdish

Seraphina — Hebrew via Latin, from seraphim, “burning ones”
Serafina — Italian and Spanish form of Seraphina, “burning ones”
Seraphine — French form of Seraphina, “burning ones”
Shalhevet — Hebrew, “flame”
Lehava — Hebrew, “flame”
Shula — Arabic, from shu’la, “flame”
Sholeh — Persian, “flame”, from the same Arabic root as Shula
Azar — Persian, “fire”; also the ninth month of the Iranian calendar
Agrin — Kurdish, “fiery”, from agir, “fire”

Turkish, Albanian and Slavic

Alev — Turkish, “flame”
Kıvılcım — Turkish, “spark”
Flaka — Albanian, “flame”
Iskra — Slavic, “spark”; used across Bulgaria, Serbia and Russia
Ognyana — Bulgarian, from ogan, “fire”
Plamena — Bulgarian, from plamen, “flame”

Sanskrit and Japanese

Anala — Sanskrit, “fire”
Jwala — Sanskrit, “flame”; Jwalamukhi is a goddess worshipped as a natural flame
Homura — Japanese, “flame” when written with the character 炎
Hotaru — Japanese, “firefly”; strictly a light name, not a fire name

Latin, Italian and Spanish

Fiamma — Italian, “flame”
Fiammetta — Italian, “little flame”; Boccaccio’s muse
Ignatia — Latin, feminine of Ignatius; see the note on that name below
Candela — Spanish, “candle flame”; short for Candelaria
Candelaria — Spanish, Marian title from the Candlemas candles
Calida — Latin, “warm, hot”; heat rather than flame
Etna — Sicilian volcano; meaning debated, possibly from Greek aithō, “I burn”

Boy names that mean fire

Aidan and its spellings are the best-known fire names in English, and they hold up: Aodh really does mean fire. Ignatius is the surprise, because its fire meaning was attached centuries after the name existed.

Irish and Scottish

Aodh — Irish, “fire”; name of an early Irish god, pronounced like “ee”
Aodhán — Irish, “little fire”; the source of every Aidan spelling
Aidan — anglicised Aodhán, “little fire”; Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
Aiden — Irish, “little fire”; the spelling that overtook Aidan in the United States
Aden — Irish variant, “little fire”; the Yemeni port has an unrelated Arabic name
Edan — Scottish variant, “little fire”
Egan — Irish, from Mac Aodhagáin, “son of little fire”
Keegan — Irish, Mac Aodhagáin, “son of little fire”
Mackay — Scottish, Mac Aoidh, “son of fire”
McKay — Scottish, spelling variant of Mackay, “son of fire”
Cináed — Old Gaelic, usually read as “born of fire”; meaning debated
Kenneth — Scottish, from Cináed, “born of fire”, merged with Coinneach, “handsome”
Hugh — Germanic, “heart, mind”; used to anglicise Aodh, so the fire meaning is borrowed, not literal

Latin and Romance forms

Ignatius — Latin, from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown; associated with ignis, “fire”, since the Middle Ages
Ignacio — Spanish form of Ignatius
Ignazio — Italian form of Ignatius
Iñaki — Basque form of Ignatius; Saint Ignatius of Loyola was Basque
Inácio — Portuguese form of Ignatius

Hebrew

Hebrew ur covers both light and flame, which is why the Uriel group is debated and also appears in names that mean light.

Uriel — Hebrew, “God is my light” or “flame of God”; debated, both readings are accepted
Uri — Hebrew, “my light” or “my flame”; same debate
Uriah — Hebrew, “Yahweh is my light” or “my flame”; same debate
Nuriel — Hebrew, “fire of God”, from Aramaic nur; an angel name
Lahav — Hebrew, “flame”, also “blade”
Reshef — Hebrew, “flame, burning heat”; also a Canaanite god of plague

Sanskrit, Persian, Kurdish and Armenian

Agni — Sanskrit, “fire”; the Vedic fire god, used as a given name in India
Agneya — Sanskrit, “son of Agni, born of fire”
Vahni — Sanskrit, “fire”, literally the “carrier” of offerings to the gods
Pavak — Sanskrit, “purifier”, an epithet of Agni
Tejas — Sanskrit, “brilliance”; fire is the tejas element in Hindu philosophy
Atash — Persian, “fire”
Agir — Kurdish, “fire”
Hrach — Armenian, short for Hrachya, “fiery eyes”

Slavic and Norse

Ognjen — Serbian and Croatian, from oganj, “fire”
Plamen — Bulgarian, “flame”
Žarko — Serbian, from žar, “ember, glow”
Vatroslav — Croatian, vatra “fire” and slava “glory”
Brand — Old Norse brandr, “firebrand, sword”
Brant — Germanic variant of Brand, “firebrand”
Logi — Old Norse, “fire, flame”; a giant who personifies wildfire

Unisex names that mean fire

Most English word names sit here, along with the Hawaiian fire names, which are used for any child. If you want the cooler counterpart to these, see names that mean moon.

Ember — English word name, “glowing coal”
Blaze — English word name, “bright flame”; the saint’s name Blaise is Latin, “lisping”, not fire
Phoenix — Greek, “dark red, crimson”; the firebird, so fire by story rather than etymology
Ash — English word name for what fire leaves behind; Asher is Hebrew, “happy”, unrelated
Cinder — English word name, “burnt coal”
Flame — English word name
Spark — English word name
Flint — Old English, “flint stone”, the rock struck to start a fire
Keahi — Hawaiian, “the fire”
Kalama — Hawaiian, “the torch”
Ahi — Hawaiian and Māori, “fire”
Nuri — Hebrew, “my fire”; the Turkish name Nuri is from Arabic nur, “my light”
Ateş — Turkish, “fire”
Yan — Chinese, “flame” when written 炎; other characters read Yan mean swallow or beautiful

Fire gods, goddesses and fire words

Deity names carry the fire association without necessarily meaning fire. Hestia does, Vulcan probably does not, and Surtr means something else entirely. Some of the heavier ones, Kagutsuchi in Japan, Xiuhtecuhtli in Aztec Mexico, Zhurong in China and the Yoruba thunder god Shango, are rarely given as names and are left out of the list. Names that lean on the sun rather than the flame are covered in names that mean sun.

Hestia — Greek, “hearth”; goddess of the hearth fire
Vesta — Latin, Roman hearth goddess; meaning debated, likely the same root as Hestia
Pele — Hawaiian, goddess of volcanoes; literal meaning debated, sometimes given as “lava”
Vulcan — Latin, god of fire and the forge; etymology debated, the source of the word volcano
Hephaestus — Greek, god of fire and smiths; name meaning unknown
Atar — Avestan, “fire”; the Zoroastrian fire divinity
Mahuika — Māori, goddess who keeps fire in her fingernails; meaning uncertain
Gabija — Lithuanian, hearth-fire goddess; possibly from gaubti, “to cover”, not from a fire word
Surtr — Old Norse, “black, swarthy”; the fire giant who burns the world at Ragnarök
Prometheus — Greek, “forethought”; the fire-bringer, so fire by legend only
Helen — Greek, possibly “torch” or “shining”; debated
Brenda — possibly Old Norse brandr, “sword, torch”; debated
Tulikki — Finnish, possibly from tuli, “fire”; debated

Names that mean fiery or red-haired

These are colour names, not fire names, and most lists blur the two. Every entry below means red in some form; only Pyrrha and Pyrrhus come from a word for flame.

Pyrrha — Greek, “flame-coloured”, a red-haired woman; wife of Deucalion
Pyrrhus — Greek, masculine of Pyrrha, “flame-coloured”
Rory — Irish, Ruaidhrí, “red king”; red, not fire
Flann — Irish, “red, ruddy”; red
Flannery — Irish, Ó Flannghaile, “red valour”; red
Flynn — Irish, Ó Floinn, “descendant of the red one”; red
Clancy — Irish, Mac Fhlannchaidh, “red warrior”; red
Rufus — Latin, “red-haired”; red
Russell — Norman French, “little red one”; red
Reid — Scots, “red”; red
Rowan — Irish, Ruadhán, “little red one”, or the rowan tree; debated
Roy — Gaelic ruadh, “red”, or French roi, “king”; debated
Scarlett — English, occupational name for a dyer of scarlet cloth; red
Carmine — Latin, “crimson”; red
Ginger — English nickname for red hair; red
Rusty — English nickname for red hair; red

Frequently asked questions

What girl names mean fire?

The clearest literal choices are Tanwen (Welsh, “white fire”), Fiamma (Italian, “flame”), Shalhevet (Hebrew, “flame”), Alev (Turkish, “flame”), Anala (Sanskrit, “fire”) and Seraphina (“burning ones”). Edana and Aodhnait carry the Irish Aodh root directly. Enya, Aithne and Brigid are popular on fire lists but their meanings are debated or unrelated.

Does Aiden really mean fire?

Yes. Aiden, Aidan, Aden and Edan all descend from the Irish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh, which means fire. Keegan and Egan come from the same root through the surname Mac Aodhagáin, “son of little fire”.

Does Brigid mean fire?

No. Brigid means “exalted one” in Old Irish. The fire association comes from the goddess and later the saint, whose shrine at Kildare kept a perpetual flame. The name is a fine choice for the theme, but the meaning is not fire.

Which names mean flame rather than fire?

Fiamma, Fiammetta, Flaka, Alev, Shula, Sholeh, Shalhevet, Lehava, Lahav, Jwala, Homura, Plamen and Plamena all translate as flame. Iskra and Kıvılcım mean spark, and Ember and Žarko refer to glowing coals.

Are any of these names considered unlucky?

Surtr and Reshef are the two to think about. Surtr destroys the world in Norse myth, and Reshef was a Canaanite god of plague as well as flame, so both sit as comfortably on a list of names that mean death as here. The rest are neutral or positive in their home cultures.