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Fire Names -- hot names

UNISEX:

HUO (霍): Chinese unisex name meaning "fire."

TLACHINOLLI: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "fire."
TLEXICTLI: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "fire navel."
XIPIL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "noble of the fire."
XIUHCOATL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "fire serpent" or "weapon of destruction."

MALE:

ADEN: Anglicized form of Gaelic Áedán, meaning "fire." Compare with another form of Aden.

ADROUSHAN: Armenian name meaning "temple of fire-worship."
ÁED: Old form of Gaelic Aodh, meaning "fire."

ÁEDÁN: Diminutive form of Gaelic Áed, meaning "little fire."

ÁEDH: Variant spelling of Gaelic Áed, meaning "fire."

AGNIMUKHA: Hindi name meaning "face of fire." In one of the ancient Panchatantra children's tales, this is the name of a flea.

AIDAN: Anglicized form of Gaelic Áedán, meaning "little fire."

AIDEN: Variant spelling of English Aidan, meaning "little fire."

AODH (pronounced ee): Modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of Old Gaelic Áed, meaning "fire." In Celtic mythology, this is the name of a sun god.

AODHAGÁN: Irish double diminutive form of Irish/Scottish Gaelic Aodh, meaning "tiny little fire."

AODHÁN: Irish diminutive form of Gaelic Aodh, meaning "little fire."

AODHFIN: Irish name meaning "white fire."

AODHFIONN: Variant of Irish Aodhfin, meaning "white fire."

BERO: Basque name meaning "hot."

BORVO: A sobriquet for the Celtic sun god Belenus, meaning "heat." As Belenus Borvo, he was "shining heat."

BRENTON: Habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements bryne, meaning "fire, flame," and tun "enclosure, settlement, town," hence "fire town."

CANICUS: Latinized form of Scottish Gaelic Cináed (English Kenneth), meaning "born of fire."

CHAM (חָם): Hebrew name meaning "blackness" or "heat." In the bible, this is the name of Noah's second son. The Anglicized form is Ham.

CHAMA (חָמָא): Aramaic form of Hebrew Cham, meaning "heat."

CINÁED: Scottish Gaelic name, meaning "born of fire." Kenneth is an Anglicized form.

CIONAODH: Irish form of Scottish Gaelic Cináed, meaning "born of fire."

CONLÁED: Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic Conlaodh, meaning "purifying fire."

CONLAODH: Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements connla "pure, chaste" and aodh "fire," hence "purifying fire."

CONLAODH: Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements connla "pure, chaste" and aodh "fire," hence "purifying fire."
CONLETH: Modern form of Irish Gaelic Conláed, meaning "purifying fire."
CONLEY: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Conláed, meaning "purifying fire."
EDAN: Variant spelling of English Aidan, meaning "little fire."

FIAMMETTA: Italian name composed of the word fiamma "fire" and a diminutive suffix, meaning "little fire."

FINO: Short form of Italian Serafino, meaning "burning one" or "serpent." Also used as a short form of other names ending with -fino. The feminine form is Fina.

FINTAN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Fiontan, meaning "white fire."
FIONNTÁN: Variant form of Irish Gaelic Fiontan, meaning "white fire."
FIONTAN: Irish Gaelic name composed of the elements fionn "white" and tine "fire," hence "white fire."
GLAURUNG: In Tolkien's Middle-Earth, this is the name of the wingless, fire-breathing, trickster dragon known as "The Deceiver" and "Father of Dragons." He was slain by Túrin.

GUAFI: Chamoru name meaning "fire."

HADYN: Welsh form of Gaelic Áedán, meaning "little fire."

HAM: Anglicized form of Hebrew Cham, meaning "blackness" or "heat." In the bible, this is the name of Noah's second son.

HOTARU (蛍): Japanese name meaning "firefly; lightning bug."

HRAG: Armenian name meaning "fire."

HRAVART: Armenian name meaning "burning rose."

HUOJIN (金霍): Chinese name meaning "fire god" or "fire metal."

IAGAN: Scottish form of Irish Gaelic Aodhagán, meaning "tiny little fire."

KEAHI: Hawaiian name meaning "flames."

KEEGAN: Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodhagáin "son of Aodhagán," hence "tiny little fire."

KEGAN: Variant spelling of English Keegan, meaning "tiny little fire."

KENITH: Variant spelling of English Kenneth, meaning both "born of fire" and "comely; finely made."

KENNET: Scandinavian form of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."
KENNETH: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Cináed, meaning "born of fire." This was probably the first Anglicization. Compare with another form of Kenneth.
KENNITH: Variant spelling of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."
KENNY: Pet form of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."
KENT: Contracted form of Scandinavian Kennet, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." Compare with other forms of Kent.
MAIPE: Chamoru name meaning "fiery; hot."

MILINTICA: Nahuatl name meaning "fire; he is waving."

NOOTAU: Native American Algonquin name meaning "fire."

NUR (נוּר): Aramaic name meaning "fire." Compare with another form of Nur.
OGNIAN: Variant spelling of Bulgarian Ognyan, meaning "fire."

OGNYAN: Bulgarian name derived from the word ognen, meaning "fire."

PAYTAH: Native American Sioux name meaning "fire."

PHLEGON: Greek myth name of one of the horses of the noon-day sun, meaning "the burning/blazing one."

PLAMEN (Пламен): Bulgarian name derived from Slavic plam, meaning "fire, flame."

PYRRHOS (Πύῤῥος): Greek name meaning "flame-like." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Achilles. He is also known as Neoptolemus.
PYRRHUS: Latin form of Greek Pyrrhos, meaning "flame-like." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Achilles. He was also known as Neoptolemus.
PYRROS (Πύρρος): Variant spelling of Greek Pyrrhos, meaning "flame-like."
QUIDEL: Native American Mapuche name meaning "burning torch."
ROWTAG: Native American Algonquin name meaning "fire."

SARAF: Variant spelling of Hebrew Saraph, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."

SARAPH (שָׂרָף): Hebrew name meaning "burning one" or "serpent." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Shelah. It is also the name of a species of venomous serpents mentioned in Numbers 21:6, and the name of an order of six-winged angels mentioned by Isaiah who attend upon God.

SERAFEIM (Σεραφείμ): Greek form of Hebrew Saraph, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SERAFIM (Серафим): Russian form of Greek Serafeim, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SERAFIN: Polish form of Greek Serafeim, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SERAFINO: Italian form of Latin Seraphinus, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SÉRAPHIN: French form of Latin Seraphinus, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SERAPHINUS: Late Latin form of Hebrew Saraph, meaning "burning one" or "serpent." In the bible, this is the name of an order of six-winged angels mentioned in Isaiah 6:2.
SU: Basque name meaning "fire."

TIT (Тит): Russian form of Roman Latin Titus, meaning "fire; to burn" or "straining."
TITAN (Τῑτάν): According to Diodorus, the Titans were named after their mother Titaia, meaning "fire; to burn." Hesiod derives the name from titaino, "straining." In Greek mythology, this is the name of a sun god, the brother of Helios, and the name of a race of giants. It is also the name of the largest moon of the planet Saturn.
TITO: Italian and Spanish form of Roman Latin Titus, meaning "fire; to burn" or "straining."
TITOS (Τίτος): A derivative of Greek Titan, meaning "fire; to burn" or "straining." In the bible, this is the name of a companion of Paul.
TITUS: Latin form of Greek Titos, meaning "fire; to burn" or "straining." In the bible, this is the name of a companion of Paul.
TYSON: English surname transferred to forename use, derived from a byname for a person who is "fiery tempered," from the Old French word tison, meaning "firebrand."
TYTUS: Polish form of Roman Latin Titus, meaning "fire; to burn."
UD (אוּד): Hebrew name meaning "firebrand."

URULÓKI: This is the name of a sub-species of wingless fire-breathing dragon, also known as the fire-drake. They appear in Tolkien's Middle-Earth and were probably sired by Glaurung. A single Urulóki is called an Urulokë.

UWR (אוּר): Hebrew name meaning "flame or light of fire," also possibly "revelation." In the bible, this is the native place of Abraham, the city of the Chaldeans, and a center of moon worship. The Persian form of Uwr/Ur is Urim, also meaning "fire, flame." According to the Book of Jubilees, the city of Uwr/Ur was named by Ur, son of Kesed.
UWRIY (אוּרִי): Hebrew name meaning "fiery" or "my flame, my light." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a prince of Judah.
UWRIYEL (אוּרִיאֵל): Hebrew name meaning "flame of God" or "light of the Lord." In the bible, this is the name of a Levite, and the maternal grandfather of Abijah.
VULCAN: Roman name meaning "flash." In mythology, this is the name of a god of fire.
FEMALE:

ADENA: Feminine form of English Aden, meaning "fire."
ADENAH: Variant spelling of English Adena, meaning "fire."
ADENE: Variant spelling of English Adena, meaning "fire."
AZAR: Persian name meaning "fire."
CALIDA: English name derived from the Spanish word calida, meaning "hot."
CELOSIA: English name derived from the flower name (sometimes called cockcombs or woolflowers), from Greek kelos, meaning "burned."
EDANA: Feminine form of English Edan, meaning "little fire."
FAJRA: Esperanto name meaning "fiery."
FIAMMETTA: Italian name composed of the word fiamma "fire" and a diminutive suffix, meaning "little fire."
FINA: Short form of Italian Serafina, meaning "burning one" or "serpent." Also used as a short form of other names ending with -fina. The masculine form is Fino.
GABIJA: Lithuanian name possibly related to proto-Mongolian *gabi-, meaning "careful, diligent, skilled." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of fire.
HADYN: Welsh form of Gaelic Áedán, meaning "little fire."
HESTIA (Ἑστία): Greek name meaning "altar, hearth, fireside." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of the hearth. Her Roman name is Vesta.
HOURI: Armenian name meaning "flames."
HOURHER: Armenian name meaning "flaming hair; red-headed."
HOURIG: Armenian name meaning "little fire."
HRATCHOUHI: Armenian name meaning "fire-eyed."
HREGHEN: Armenian name meaning "fiery."
HRATCHOUHI: Armenian name meaning "fire-eyed."
HREGHEN: Armenian name meaning "fiery."
KALAMA: Hawaiian name meaning "flaming torch."
KEEZHEEKONI: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "burning fire."
KENINA: Feminine form of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."
KENNA: Feminine form of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire." Compare with another form of Kenna.
MAKENNA: Variant spelling of English Mckenna, meaning "born of fire."
MCKENNA: Irish and Scottish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha, meaning "son of Cionaodh," hence "born of fire."
NINA: Native American Quechua name meaning "fire." Compare with other forms of Nina.
SERA: Short form of Latin Seraphina, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SERAFIMA (Серафима): Feminine form of Russian Serafim, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SERAFINA (Russian: Серафина):
Feminine form of Polish Serafin, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
Feminine form of Italian Serafino, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
Russian form of Latin Seraphina, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SERAPHINA: Feminine form of Latin Seraphinus, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SERAPHINE: Feminine form of French Séraphin, meaning "burning one" or "serpent."
SHULA (شعلة): Arabic name meaning "flame." Compare with another form of Shula.
TITAIA: Greek name, said to be cognate with Sanskrit tithá, "fire," from Aryan tith, "to burn." In mythology, this is the name of the mother of the Titans who were named after her; therefore possibly another name for Gaia (Earth).
TOPAZ: English name derived from the name of the gem, "topaz," the birthstone for the month of November. Pliny says that the topaz was named for an island where the yellow stone was mined, either in the Red Sea or the Arabian Sea. The word was derived from Latin topazus, from Greek topazos/topazion, which is of obscure origin, but there may be a connection with the Sanskrit word tapas, meaning "heat; fire."
UDIA: Variant spelling of Hebrew Udiya, meaning "fire of God."
UDIYA (אוּדִיָּה): Hebrew name meaning "ember (or fire) of God."
URIT (אוּרִית): Hebrew name meaning "fire, light."
URITH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Urit, meaning "fire, light."
URITI: Variant form of Hebrew Urit, meaning "fire, light."
VESTA: Latin form of Greek Hestia, meaning "altar, hearth, fireside." In Roman mythology, this is the name of a goddess of the hearth.

Neodruidism
1963 - present

The advent of neodruidism, sometimes called Reform Druidism, was actually a joke--a protest against Minnesota's Carleton College, which had a requirement that all students attend a worship service once a week. In 1963, a group of students who had no interest in religion decided to test this, and claimed to be the Reformed Druids of North America. They held services on Sunday, combining prayers to Mother Earth, Celtic deities, meditation, Zen, Christian mystical writings, and their own philosophies. The university accepted this, to their surprise. More to their surprise, they continued the group, finding that they were actually getting something out of it.

Upon setting up a chapter in Berkeley, the NRDNA--New Reformed Druids of North America--was formed, taking a less mesodruidic stance; i.e. less a mishmash of philosophies and more concerned with scholarship. However, even this distinction isn't quite correct, as the philosophy of Reformed Druidism is kept intentionally vague--namely, the Earth is Good, and nature has a polarity, but not a duality. Thus, there are NRDNA groups which mix this philosophy and many other religions--Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Wicca, and so on.

From the RDNA, two groups were formed: Ár nDraíocht Féin, which is primarily concerned with reconstructing an Indo-Eurpean religion; and the Henge of Keltria, which is strictly Celtic in its interest. The reason for this was the lack of organization or even theology in the RDNA. In 1983, Issac Bonewits lead an offshoot dedicated to reconstructing an Indo-European priesthood through studying the works of Stuart Piggot, Georges Dumezil, and other archaeologists and anthropologists. The intent was not Pan-Celtic, but Pan-European, based on the belief that the paleodruids (among many other groups, but the druids being the most recognizable) were the last vestiges of a neolithic/Bronze Age priesthood that existed throughout Europe.

In 1986, five members of ADF taped a list of concerns to Bonewits' van door--a self-conscious mimicking of Martin Luther. They felt that Druidism was a specifically Celtic priesthood/religion and not a pan-European one. Frustrated, they split off into their own group, the Henge of Keltria, lead by Tony and Pat Taylor. The Henge's focus is to restore as much as possible of the original, classical druidism, though with a modern sensibility (hense no sacrifices of animals or humans, but things like a revival of the mistletoe rite described by Pliny the Elder).

What is most important, however, about both branches (and many other, smaller branches) of neodruidism is a belief in the sacredness of the earth, the multiplicity of divinities, and the celebration of the Eightfold Year. Unlike some mesodruidic groups, they do not discriminate because of gender; sexuality is left open to the individual (which, given what is known of the Celts, is rather appropriate), and they have thrown out many of the misconceptions of the mesodruids and replaced them with sound scholarship. Some branches believe in magic, while others only in ritual and worship. The ADF has an archdruid at their head, while the Henge has a president. What is at the core, however, is always the same--seeking wisdom from nature, doing no harm, and worshipping the gods.

It should also be mentioned that there is one more variation, one which is not usually explored or written about, namely Celtic Reconstructionism. While ADF and the Henge refer to Druidism, there are some neodruids who do not take the title "Druid" as they feel they cannot replicate the original, paleodruidic priesthood. Instead, they call their religion Celtic Reconstructionism, so as to acknowledge the lack of true druids as existed in the classical period. (I have to say, I agree with them, in their eschewing the term "Druidism" as inaccurate--however, it is the most convenient term, the one most people are familiar with.)

http://www.maryjones.us/jce/neodruidism.html