Fire is one of the four classical elements and represents transformation and passion. I have hand-picked 73 unique girl names that mean fire.
List Of 73 Unique Girl Names That Mean Fire:
Rekka
Rekka has Japanese origins and means “raging fire.” Short forms are Rek and Kaka.
Seraphina
Seraphina means “burning ones” and is from the Hebrew sərāfīm (seraphim). Seraphim are celestial beings in the Book of Enoch. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s middle daughter is Seraphina.
Shula
Shula is symbolizing “flame” in Arabic.
Aithne
It has Celtic roots and means ‘fire’ or ‘little fire.’ Aithne is tricky for English speakers to pronounce (“EN-ya”).
Edana
Edana comes from Irish Aodh (“little fire”).
Ugnė
Ugnė is from the Lithuanian word “ugnis” and is meaning “fire.” Writer and Lithuanian public figure Ugnė Karvelis bears this name.
Phoenix
It is a legendary immortal bird that rises from the ashes. The Phoenix has red and gold feathers and comes from the Latin word for “dark red.” Mel B named her daughter Phoenix.
Adar
In Kurdish traditions, Adar means ‘fire.’ Adar is also a month in the Hebrew calendar
Agnija
Agnija (“born of fire”) is connected with the fire god Agni.
Fiamma
Fiamma has its roots in Italian and means ”fire” or “flame.” Fifi and Mimma are the pet forms. Fiamma di San Giuliano Ferragamo designed shoes for the family house.
Kagari
In Japanese Kagari means “watch fire.”
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Sua
Sua is “fire” in the Basque language.
Shikha
Shikha is the flame as well as the pointed tip a fire makes.
Ignacia
Ignacia is from the Latin ignis (“burning”).
Iskra
Iskra is from the Proto-Slavic word jьskra (”spark”).
Nuri
Nuri is another term from Hebrew that means ”my fire.”
Tanwen
Tanwen has the meaning of ”white fire” in Welsh.
Foc
”Foc” is from Romanian and ”foc sacru” means ”sacred fire.”
Vesta
Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth and was the flame itself.
Plamena
Plamena is ”flame” in Bulgarian. The male counterpart is Plamen.
Ognyana
In Bulgarian Ognyana means ”fiery.”
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Chantico
Chantico is the deity reigning over the fires in Aztec tradition.
Oya
Oya is the Yoruba orisha of storm winds and lightning, and fire moves with her as she clears the ground before Shango’s thunder.
Adeen
Adeen has roots in the Irish Éadaoin (”little fire”).
Ember
”Spark.”
Anala
Anala is fire in Sanskrit.
Etna
Etna is Europe’s most active volcano that is situated on the east coast of Sicily. It has origins in the Greek aitho, ”I burn.”
Eisa
Eisa is glowing embers in Old Norse, and in the sagas she is a daughter of Logi, the giant who was fire itself.
Brendika
” Brazing light” or fire.”
Pele
Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire. She was born from the spirit named Haumea.
Elidi
Elidi is linked with the Greek sun god Helios (“gift of the sun”).
Gabija
Gabija is the Lithuanian goddess who lives inside the hearth flame. It is pronounced GAH-bee-yah.
Hurik
”Small fire” in Armenian.
Scintilla
Scintilla is ”spark” in Latin.
Angarika
Angarika means ”made of fire” in Sanskrit.
Pyrrha
Pyrrha comes from Greek pyr, fire, via pyrrhos, flame-colored, a word Horace and Ovid both used for red hair. In myths she and her husband remade the human race.
Keahi
”The fire” in Hawaiian.
Helena
Helena has origins in the Greek Helene (“sunbeam”). Helena Bonham Carter portrayed Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter films.
Abellona
Abellona is the feminine form of Apollo who is the Greek and Roman sun god.
Alinta
In the Aboriginal language Pitjantjatjara Alinta means “fire.”
Jwala
Jwala is Sanskrit for flame. Jwala Gutta is an Indian badminton player who won women’s doubles gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Jyoti
”Flame and light.” In 2011 Jyoti Amge was declared the world’s shortest living woman by Guinness at 62.8 cm.
Aalish
”Flame” or ”fire” in Persian.
Brigid
Brigid is the Irish goddess of fire. St. Brigid of Kildare is a patron saint of Ireland.
Enya
”Little fire” in Irish.
Brenda
Brenda means ”torch” or ”flaming sword” in Old Norse.
Golnar
Gol means ”flower” and nar is ”pomegranate” and ”fire” so Golnar is meaning pomegranate blossom or flower of flame. Persian poets used it for the deep red of the bloom.
Sharara
Sharara is the Persian and Urdu word for a single flying spark.
Calida
”Fiery.”
Nina
In the Inca language Quechua “Nina” is symbolizing “fire.”
Adsila
Adsila has Cherokee roots where it means ”fire.”
Hestia
Hestia is the Greek goddess of the hearth and it means ”altar” or ”fireplace.” Hestia is the Greek counterpart to Vesta.
Azar
Azar has origins in Atar, the Zoroastrian holy fire. It is pronounced as ah-ZAR.
Alev
In Turkish, alev is flame.
Cemre
Cemre comes from Arabic jamra, a live ember.
Tapati
Tapati is a solar goddess, the daughter of the sun god Surya.
Svaha
Svaha is uttered during offerings to the sacred fire.
Deepshikha
Deepshikha is made of deepa (that means ”lamp”) and shikha (”flame”).
Homura
Homura is a Japanese word for an open blaze.
Hotaru
A hotaru is a firefly, the insect that carries its own cold light.
Phlox
Greek for flame.
Glod
Glod (”hunger” or ”ember”) is Logi’s wife and the mother of Eisa and Eimyrja.
Liesma
In Latvian, liesma is flame.
Tulikki
Tulikki comes from Finnish tuli and is symbolizing “fiery little one.”
Sekhmet
Sekhmet was born from the burning Eye of Ra.
Shalhevet
Shalhevet is Hebrew for flame.
Kenna
Kenna is connected to Cinaed, a Gaelic name that means “born of fire.” It is also a feminine diminutive of Kenneth.
Blaze
”Flame” or ”fire.”
Cinder
Cinder is what’s left when the fire settles.
Favilla
Favilla is Latin for glowing embers.
Mahuika
Mahuika is a Māori fire deity who kept fire inside her fingernails.
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