Baby Names That Mean Fire

There are tons of possibilities for naming your baby and it’s a topic that causes endless conversations (and arguments) when you’re pregnant.

Maybe you’ve got really fixed ideas about what you want or not a clue about where to start. One big trend right now are names around a theme, and especially names that mean fire. 

Love the idea of a sparky name? One that makes you think of a burning lust for life or a passion to achieve? Maybe you’re just someone who loves staring into flames or you like the idea of a name that comes from one of our essential elements. Fire has loads of meanings, from light and warmth to new life and the first rays from the sun. 

Here are our top 40 names that mean fire, all with different origins. And we’ve mixed up traditional boy and girl names, who says you have to follow old-fashioned gender rules! 

1. Aarush - Indian - first rays of the sun
2. Admani - Sanskrit - flames 
3. Aidan- Irish - fiery one 
4. Aithne - Irish  - fire 
5. Alinta - Aboriginal - fire or flame  
6. Arpina - Armenian  - rising of the sun 
7. Azar - Iranian - fire 
8. Barak - Hebrew - lightning 
9. Brenton - English - town near burnt land 
10. Bridget - Irish - ancient goddess of fire 
11. Calida - Latin - fiery or heated 
12. Conley - Gaelic - purifying fire 
13. Cyrus - Persian - sun 
14. Enya - Irish - fire 
15. Egan - Irish - little fire 
16. Elidi - Greek - gift of the sun 
17. Fiamma - Italian - flame
18. Finlo - Irish - sun god 
19. Hestia - Greek - fireside 
20. Idalia - Greek - behold the sun 
21. Ignacio - Spanish - fiery 
22. Kiran - Sanskrit - sunbeam 
23. Langa - South African - sun
24. Liekki - Finnish - flame 
25. Mehri - Persian - sunny
26. Mishal - Arabic - torchbearer 
27. Nuria - Hebrew - fire of the lord 
28. Nuri - Arabic/Hebrew - light or my fire 
29. Oriane - French - sunrise 
30. Pele - Hawaiian - goddess of fire 
31. Phoenix - Greek - dark red and mythical bird that rose from flames
32. Plamen - Serbian - fire or flame
33. Salana - Latin - sun 
34. Seraphina - Hebrew  - fire spirit 
35. Shula - Arabic - flame 
36. Surya - Hindi - sun god 
37. Tanwen - Welsh - white fire 
38. Tyson - French - firebrand 
39. Uri - Hebrew - my flame or my light 
40. Vatroslav - Croatian - fire glory 

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