87 Names That Mean Fire (Girl, Boy, Non-binary)

A surefire way of keeping them a step ahead of the crowd

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Written by Natalie Grant Updated on June 30th, 2023

A name that means fire sure makes a unique baby name – especially if your newly arrived  bambino has been born under a fire sign such as Sagittarius, Aries, or Leo. 

Or perhaps he just decided to appear in the world sporting a headful of red hair! 

Whatever the reason, if you’re a parent who tends to think outside the box, you’ll expect your child to grow into someone destined to set the world alight.

With this in mind we’ve handpicked a list of names from around the globe that mean fire, especially designed to match your darling offspring’s fiery nature.

Female baby names

  1. Aine — [Irish] “Radiant Fire”
  2. Aneira — [Welsh] “Fire”
  3. Aneesa — [Arabic] “Light of Fire”
  4. Asha — [Sanskrit] “Hope”
  5. Branda — [English] “Fiery Hill”
  6. Candace — [Greek] “Pure Fire”
  7. Chanel — [French] “Little and Strong Fire”
  8. Chara — [Greek] “Joyful Fire”
  9. Charu — [Sanskrit] “Fiery”
  10. Cyndy — [English] “Variant of Cinder, meaning ‘Fire'”
  11. Emberly — [English] “Fiery Meadow”
  12. Emmeline — [French] “Industrious Fire”
  13. Enya — [Irish] “Little Fire”
  14. Fai — [Thai] “Fire”
  15. Farah — [Arabic] “Joyful Fire”
  16. Fia — [Irish] “Fire”
  17. Gavriella — [Hebrew] “God’s Fire”
  18. Ishana — [Sanskrit] “Goddess of Fire”
  19. Jyoti — [Sanskrit] “Light of the Fire”
  20. Kaimi — [Hawaiian] “Seeker of Fire”
  21. Kaira — [Irish] “Fiery”
  22. Kalila — [Arabic] “Beloved Fire”
  23. Kawa — [Maori] “Fire”
  24. Lexi — [Greek] “Defender of Mankind”
  25. Mavina — [Hebrew] “Beloved Fire”
  26. Mica — [Spanish] “Fire”
  27. Minn — [English] “Strong Willed Fire”
  28. Roshni — [Hindi] “Light of Fire”
  29. Shafira — [Hebrew] “Beautiful Fire”
  30. Shay — [Irish] “Gift of Fire”
  31. Tejah — [Sanskrit] “Fiery”
  32. Vesta — [Roman] “Goddess of the Hearth and Fire”

Male baby names

  1. Agni — [India] “Fire”
  2. Aiden — [Irish] “Fiery”
  3. Arson — [English] “Fire”
  4. Atharv — [India] “Fire”
  5. Blaze — [English] “Blazing Fire”
  6. Boniface — [Latin] “Good Fire”
  7. Brand — [English] “Fire”
  8. Cinder — [English] “Fiery”
  9. Enzo — [Italian] “Ruler of Fire”
  10. Faren — [English] “Man of Fire”
  11. Fintan — [Irish] “White Fire”
  12. Firoze — [Persian] “Victorious Fire”
  13. Fyr — [Scandinavian] “Fire”
  14. Gavriil — [Russian] “God is my Fire”
  15. Ignatius — [Latin] “Fiery”
  16. Ignazio — [Italian] “Fiery”
  17. Indra — [India] “God of Fire”
  18. Infant — [Latin] “Firey”
  19. Ishi — [Hebrew] “Fire”
  20. Kahan — [Native American] “Flame”
  21. Kiva — [Native American] “Fire”
  22. Naarik — [Finnish] “Fire”
  23. Oron — [Hebrew] “Fire”
  24. Phineas — [Greek] “Mouth of Fire”
  25. Pirosh — [Indian] “Fire”
  26. Purshottam — [Indian] “Great Fire”
  27. Pyro — [Greek] “Fire”
  28. Radu — [Romanian] “Happy Fire”
  29. Ragan — [English] “Fiery”
  30. Rehan — [Arabic] “Fragrant Plant”
  31. Rory — [Irish] “Red King”
  32. Serafim — [Hebrew] “Fiery”
  33. Shashank — [Sanskrit] “Moon-Like Fire”
  34. Surya — [India] “Sun”
  35. Vadim — [Russian] “Ruler of Fire”

Unisex baby names

  1. Agniya — [Slavic] “fire”
  2. Ahi — [Hawaiian] “Fire”
  3. Aigar — [Basque] “fire”
  4. Ailin — [Irish] “fiery”
  5. Apollon — [Greek] “fiery”
  6. Ardi — [Basque] “fire”
  7. Brinn — [Irish] “fiery”
  8. Canh — [Vietnamese] “Fire”
  9. Feur — [Irish] “fire”
  10. Fflam — [Welsh] “fire”
  11. Gifa — [Arabic] “fire”
  12. Ignis — [Latin] “fire”
  13. Iskari — [Sindarin] “fire”
  14. Jael — [Hebrew] “fiery”
  15. Kaj — [Scandinavian] “fire”
  16. Lio — [Hawaiian] “fiery”
  17. Luce — [Italian] “light or fire”
  18. Ondo — [Basque] “fire”
  19. Phoenix — [Greek] “resurrection of fire”
  20. Pyra — [Greek] “fire”
  21. Razi — [Arabic] “Fiery”
  22. Shiryu — [Japanese] “Fiery Dragon”
  23. Spar — [Scandinavian] “Fire”
  24. Yavanna — [Quenya] “Goddess of Fire”
Natalie Grant (with child sleeping)
Written by Natalie Grant Updated on June 30th, 2023