Fire; Persian ātish
Names meaning fire
Baby names whose dictionary or scripture meaning relates to fire, with the source shown on every name.
37 names: 11 for girls, 24 for boys and 2 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, Lane's Arabic–English Lexicon and Steingass's Persian–English Dictionary. A few to start: Atharvi ("a female priest"), Nachiket ("Nachiketa, the boy-sage") and Tapan ("the sun").
37 names
"Bright as fire" in popular use; name of an ancient sage-physician
"Little fire"; from Irish Áedán, from áed, "fire"
"Unextinguished"
"Ray of light, flame"
"Brilliant, radiant"; Sanskrit arciṣmat, also a name of fire
"Lord Ganesha" in popular use; Sanskrit atharvan, "fire priest"
Feminine of Atharva; Vedic atharvī, "a female priest"
The Vedic seer Bhrigu, ancestor of the Bhargavas
"Shining with many-coloured light"
"Lighting up"; Sanskrit dīpana, "kindling"
"The flame of a lamp"
"Vigorous, fresh"; a name of Agni
"Flame"
Blazing, shining; from Sanskrit jval, "to burn brightly"
The flame-of-the-forest flower; Sanskrit kiṃśuka
Fire; Sanskrit kṛśānu, the Vedic archer and Agni
Red, reddish; Sanskrit lohita
"Torch, lamp"; Arabic mashʿal
Nachiketa, the boy who questioned Death; also "fire"
"Fire, purifier"; Sanskrit pāvaka
"Bright, radiant"; Sanskrit pra-jval, "to blaze up"
"Glory, majesty"; Sanskrit pratāpa
"Keeper of the sacred fire"; Sanskrit sāgnika
Wood offered to the sacred fire; Sanskrit samidh
"Krishna's teacher" in popular use; Sanskrit saṃdīpana, "kindling"
"Candle, lamp"; Arabic shamʿ
A flame; a crest, a peak
"Flame, light, radiance"
The sun; also fire and the moon
Radiance, glow; Persian tābish
"The sun", "warming"; Sanskrit tapana
"Penance", "inner heat"; Sanskrit tapas
"Bright, radiant"; from Sanskrit tejas, "brilliance"
"Meteor"; Sanskrit ulkā
"Warmth, heat"; Sanskrit ūṣman
Lord of sacrifice, Vishnu; Sanskrit yajñeśa
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