73 Unique Girl Names That Mean Fire


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.

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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”).

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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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