Fire God Name Generator

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Generate fire god names for pantheons, novels and tabletop campaigns: real deities such as Agni, Hephaestus and Xiuhtecuhtli, invented gods like Kaeroth the Ember-Crowned and Vulkaris of the Red Caldera, and title names like Father of Forges.

About fire god names

Fire gods fall into a few families. There is fire itself, like the Vedic Agni, who carries offerings to the other gods, or the Norse Logi, whose name simply means flame. There is the smith at the forge: Greek Hephaestus, Roman Vulcan, Irish Goibniu, the Finnish hammerer Ilmarinen. There is the keeper of the household fire, such as the Chinese stove god Zao Jun, and there is the sun overhead, from Egyptian Ra to the Inca Inti and the Aztec Tonatiuh. Volcano gods such as Sicily's Adranus complete the set.

About three names in ten here are real ones like these, some with a traditional epithet attached: Hephaestus Klytotechnes (famed for his craft), Agni of the Seven Tongues, Xiuhtecuhtli the Turquoise Lord. A few are not strictly gods. Prometheus is a Titan, Surtr a fire giant and Suiren a culture hero who taught people to drill fire from wood, but all three belong with divine fire.

The rest are original: single names built on hot-sounding roots (Ignarok, Moltharion, Vezuvar), names with an epithet such as Kaeroth the Ember-Crowned, gods tied to a place like Vulkaris of the Red Caldera, bare titles like Father of Forges, and names coined from words for fire in Old Norse, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Persian and other languages.

How to choose fire god names

  • Decide what kind of fire the god rules before you pick. A forge god suits Borrakh the Hammer-Fisted, a volcano god suits Akhmar of the Burning Mountain, a trickster of brush fires suits The Laughing Wildfire, and a royal sun god suits The Noonday King.
  • Give one god several names, as real traditions do. Agni is also Vaishvanara, Jatavedas and Pavaka, so your pantheon can call the same deity Halvarr the Sun-Forged in the temple and Stoker of the Sun in the fields.
  • Remember that some of these gods are worshipped today. Agni and Surya belong to living Hinduism, and Ogun and Shango to Yoruba religion and its diaspora. If the story needs a villain or a joke, an invented name such as Rhazek the Blistering is the kinder choice.
  • Say the name aloud before you commit. Xiuhtecuhtli and Hvare-khshaeta look wonderful on the page but are hard work at a game table, while Oruun, Zharun or Logmar can be shouted across a battlefield.
  • Let the sound carry the temperament. Hard k, kh, z and r sounds (Kharazul, Zorvath, Tephrak) read as harsh and volcanic, while open vowels with l, m and n (Oruun, Lumakh, Solkarn) feel closer to a hearth.

Frequently asked questions

Who are the real gods of fire?

Well-known fire gods include Agni in Hinduism, Hephaestus in Greece, Vulcan in Rome, Xiuhtecuhtli among the Aztecs, Kagutsuchi in Japan, Zhurong in China and Atar in Zoroastrian tradition. Smith gods such as Goibniu, Ilmarinen and Ogun and sun gods such as Ra, Helios, Surya and Inti are close relatives, and they are in the list too.

Are all of these names from mythology?

No, about three in ten are. The rest are original names such as Vorakhan, Tharnis the Kiln-Hearted and Dessarun of the Nine Furnaces. An invented name can still coincide with one used somewhere else, so search it before you publish.

What is a good fire god name for D&D or a fantasy novel?

Pick by domain. For a forge god try Borrakh the Hammer-Fisted or Father of Forges, for a volcano god Akhmar of the Burning Mountain or The Sleeper in the Volcano, and for a sun god Halvarr the Sun-Forged or The Noonday King. If the setting borrows from a real culture, the language-rooted names help: Eldgrim and Logmar sound Norse, Fornacius and Caminus sound Roman, Atashvar sounds Persian.

Is there a list for fire goddesses?

Yes. Pele, Brigid, Hestia, Sekhmet and the other goddesses of fire, hearth and sun have their own page, the fire goddess name generator, with original feminine names and titles alongside them. This page keeps to gods and unmarked names, although titles such as The Unquenched or The First Spark would suit a deity of any kind.

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A: 39 names

  • Adranus
  • Adranus of Etna
  • Aganju
  • Aganju of the Volcano
  • Agni
  • Agni Havyavahana
  • Agni Jatavedas
  • Agni of the Seven Tongues
  • Agni Pavaka
  • Agni Vaishvanara
  • Ahi-loa
  • Ahiroa
  • Aithalos
  • Aithonar
  • Akhmar of the Burning Mountain
  • Alazhan
  • Aldovar of the Thousand Lamps
  • Aldrakon
  • Amatsumara
  • Ambrakh the Glass-Maker
  • Amun-Ra
  • Anala
  • Anthrakion
  • Anvilborn
  • Ardentius
  • Arkhelion
  • Ashfather
  • Atar
  • Atar Son of Ahura Mazda
  • Atashban
  • Atashvar
  • Aten
  • Aten the Sun Disk
  • Atum-Ra
  • Auahituroa
  • Aumdrek the First-Kindled
  • Aurekh
  • Azhkar
  • Azmerel the Incandescent

B: 18 names

  • Basaltor
  • Belenus
  • Belenus the Shining One
  • Belkarath
  • Bellowsong
  • Belsarion the Bright-Handed
  • Berethor the Warm-Handed
  • Bezrukh of the Cracked Earth
  • Borrakh the Hammer-Fisted
  • Brandulf
  • Brannoch of the Beacon Hills
  • Brazenbrow
  • Brazhek
  • Breaker of Winter
  • Brightmaul
  • Bromath
  • Bronzefather
  • Bruni

C: 12 names

  • Caminus
  • Carthun of the Brass City
  • Casmiros the Furnace-Born
  • Charhand
  • Charoth
  • Chiyan
  • Cinderbrow
  • Cindros
  • Coalbeard
  • Coruscar
  • Corvulan the Cinder-Shod
  • Cyrenth the Dawn-Kindler

D: 10 names

  • Dalmakh the Flint-Striker
  • Dawnsmith
  • Daystoker
  • Dazhbog
  • Dazhbog Son of Svarog
  • Dessarun of the Nine Furnaces
  • Dormund of the Bellows Hall
  • Dravokh
  • Drezhan the Char-Maker
  • Dromakh the Coal-Eyed

E: 14 names

  • Eater of Forests
  • Ekhmar
  • Ekkarun the Wild Blaze
  • Elagabal
  • Eldgrim
  • Eldvar
  • Emberjaw
  • Embrath
  • Empyros
  • Ennokh of the Sacred Hearth
  • Erevar
  • Eskandor the Glowing
  • Evrador of the Smelting Pits
  • Evrakos the Bright-Forged

F: 17 names

  • Father of Forges
  • Favillus
  • Fendarr the Winter-Breaker
  • Ferrovar
  • Feruun the Salamander-Backed
  • Fervidus
  • Flammeus
  • Flarecrown
  • Flintfather
  • Focarius
  • Forgefather
  • Fornacius
  • Fornakh of the Bread Ovens
  • Fumarok
  • Funi
  • Furnacewright
  • Fyrnach

G: 20 names

  • Galdorak
  • Galthus the Red-Handed Smith
  • Garrukhan the Molten
  • Gavrok of the Iron Hills
  • Gibil
  • Gibil the Refiner
  • Girra
  • Giver of the Stolen Light
  • Glodir
  • Glowforge
  • Gofannon
  • Goibniu
  • Goibniu of the Three Strokes
  • Goldsmelt
  • Golmarr the Magma-Blooded
  • Gorvanth
  • Grandfather Hearth
  • Grandfather Tuluk of the Cooking Fire
  • Gugurang
  • Gydrion of the Meteor Road

H: 44 names

  • Hadrakh of the Black Glass
  • Haldrim the Tinder-Footed
  • Halmekh of the Glassblowers
  • Halvarr the Sun-Forged
  • Hammerlight
  • Harukan
  • He of the Molten Crown
  • He Who Banks the Stars
  • He Who Lights the Morning
  • He Who Tempers Kings
  • He Who Walks in Smoke
  • Hearthking
  • Heatshimmer
  • Helios
  • Helios Hyperion
  • Helios of the Four-Horse Chariot
  • Helios Panoptes
  • Helkareth
  • Hephaestus
  • Hephaestus Aitnaios
  • Hephaestus Amphigyeeis
  • Hephaestus Chalkeus

H, continued

  • Hephaestus Klytotechnes
  • Hephaestus of Lemnos
  • Hephaestus Polymetis
  • Hephaistion
  • Hephrion of the Hidden Smithy
  • Hestorr
  • Hi-no-Kagutsuchi
  • Hinokami
  • Homusubi
  • Hovarun the Coal-Bearer
  • Hrayr
  • Huehueteotl
  • Huehueteotl the Old God
  • Huitzilopochtli
  • Huode Xingjun
  • Huoshen
  • Hvare-khshaeta
  • Hyperion
  • Hyperion Father of the Sun
  • Hyrcan the White-Hot
  • Hyrkaios
  • Hyrrik

I: 19 names

  • Ignarok
  • Ignivar
  • Ildric the Hearth-Warden
  • Ilkharan
  • Ilmarinen
  • Ilmarinen Forger of the Sampo
  • Ilmarinen the Eternal Hammerer
  • Ilvanos the Torch-Handed
  • Imraxes of the Smoking Isle
  • Incendius
  • Inti
  • Inti Ancestor of the Incas
  • Ironbloom
  • Isembrakh of the Geyser Vale
  • Ishum
  • Iskren
  • Istanu
  • Istvarr the Heat-Haze
  • Izkaruth

J: 5 names

  • Jekarn the Sky-Burner
  • Jharavan
  • Jorvakh the Scorched
  • Jurukesh of the Steaming Peaks
  • Jvalan

K: 28 names

  • Kaeldurath
  • Kaen-o
  • Kaeroth the Ember-Crowned
  • Kagutsuchi
  • Kagutsuchi Child of Izanami
  • Kalderos
  • Kaminos
  • Kan-Laon
  • Kastrel of the Bright Anvil
  • Katen
  • Kaustor
  • Keeper of the Last Coal
  • Kethuro of the Lava Fields
  • Kharazul
  • Khemuran
  • Khepri
  • Khepri the Rising Sun
  • Khors
  • Kilnheart
  • King Hadrumal of the Kiln Halls
  • Kinich Ahau
  • Kinich Ahau the Sun-Faced Lord
  • Kojin
  • Kojin of the Hearth
  • Korvannos the Fever-Eyed
  • Kothar-wa-Khasis
  • Kurdalaegon
  • Kyrathos

L: 19 names

  • Lampros
  • Lapidoth
  • Lavatongue
  • Lazareth the Rekindled
  • Logi
  • Logi Wildfire
  • Logmar
  • Lord of Ash and Seed
  • Lord of Glass and Iron
  • Lord of Summer Drought
  • Lord of the Red Mountain
  • Lord of the Seven Kilns
  • Lord Ormekh of the Brazier Throne
  • Lord Tyrakos of the Sunward Gate
  • Lord Vessakh of the Caldera Court
  • Lorvulkan
  • Lothrakh the Thunder-Kindled
  • Lumakh
  • Lyserakh of the Summer Solstice

M: 18 names

  • Mafui'e
  • Mafui'e Keeper of the Underworld Fire
  • Maker of the First Blade
  • Malakbel
  • Marrekh of the Charcoal Wood
  • Maruvesh
  • Master of the Bellows
  • Master of the Midday Hour
  • Matarisvan
  • Merovakh the Gilded
  • Mezrath the Ash-Walker
  • Mezzarath
  • Mihr
  • Mirkhel the Soot-Cloaked
  • Moltenhand
  • Moltharion
  • Morthun of the Slag Heaps
  • Morvakh the Pyre-Tender

N: 14 names

  • Nanahuatzin
  • Nanahuatzin Who Leapt into the Fire
  • Naphtar
  • Narukh of the Midsummer Fires
  • Navrus of the Midday Road
  • Nazruun the Ever-Burning
  • Nelkhor the Cauldron-Keeper
  • Nerakhol
  • Ninaq
  • Noktarr the Last Coal
  • Noonfire
  • Nurakesh
  • Nusku
  • Nusku of the Lamp

O: 16 names

  • Oberakh of the Obsidian Coast
  • Obsidar
  • Ognjen
  • Ogun
  • Ogun Lord of Iron
  • Okhrain
  • Old Father Durrow of the Peat Fires
  • Old Man Cinder
  • Orimund of the Deep Forge
  • Orithar
  • Orrukh the Unquenched
  • Oruun
  • Orvandar the Star-Stoker
  • Oskareth the Brazen
  • Othrun the Bronze-Caster
  • Oxtharion

P: 20 names

  • Palovar
  • Pavakan
  • Pelorath of the Sulfur Springs
  • Pharnox
  • Pherox the Noon-Bright
  • Phlogar
  • Phloxios
  • Phoebus Apollo
  • Praxion the Flame-Tongued
  • Prince Ilvarekh of the Dawn Furnace
  • Prince of the Pyre
  • Prometheus
  • Prometheus Pyrphoros
  • Ptah
  • Ptah of Memphis
  • Pyrander
  • Pyraxis
  • Pyrewarden
  • Pyrrhanos the Copper-Browed
  • Pyrrhion

Q: 4 names

  • Qasmar of the Dune Sea
  • Qorath
  • Quelthar the Sun-Eater
  • Quorin the Smoke-Veiled

R: 12 names

  • Ra
  • Ra of the Solar Barque
  • Ra-Horakhty
  • Redmantle
  • Rendakh the Hearth-Guest
  • Rhagorn
  • Rhazek the Blistering
  • Rhovan the Lamp-Bearer
  • Ruaumoko
  • Ruaumoko of the Earthquakes
  • Ruzgarn
  • Ruzhmar of the Golden Furnace

S: 46 names

  • Sarkoth the Red-Bearded
  • Savitr
  • Savitr of the Golden Hands
  • Scorchmantle
  • Scoriath
  • Selkharon the Beacon-Eyed
  • Sethlans
  • Sethrun of the Scorched Plain
  • Shamash
  • Shamash Judge of Heaven and Earth
  • Shango
  • Shango of the Double Axe
  • Shango of the Thunderstone
  • Shepherd of Sparks
  • Shimige
  • Shivini
  • Sindrakh
  • Skarnoth of the Pumice Shore
  • Skyfurnace
  • Slagbrow
  • Smokebeard
  • Sol Indiges
  • Sol Invictus

S, continued

  • Solkarn
  • Sovrakos the Unbanked
  • Sparkwright
  • Starsmelter
  • Steelkindler
  • Stoker of the Sun
  • Suhar
  • Suiren
  • Suiren the Fire-Driller
  • Sulphas
  • Summerbrand
  • Sunhammer
  • Surakhan of the Salt Desert
  • Surtr
  • Surtr of Muspelheim
  • Surtr of the Flaming Sword
  • Surya
  • Surya Aditya
  • Surya of the Seven Horses
  • Svarog
  • Svarog the Heavenly Smith
  • Svarozhich
  • Svarozhich Son of Svarog

T: 64 names

  • Talmuun the Lantern-Lord
  • Tama-nui-te-ra
  • Tarquenos the Gold-Smelter
  • Tavurak
  • Tawa
  • Tejasvat
  • Teliavelis
  • Temrakos of the Pyre Fields
  • Tephrak
  • Tharnis the Kiln-Hearted
  • The Anvil of Heaven
  • The Beacon on the Hill
  • The Bonfire Dancer
  • The Branding Iron
  • The Brazen Father
  • The Bright Devourer
  • The Burning Judge
  • The Candle-Bearer
  • The Cauterizer
  • The Crucible King
  • The Ember-Crowned
  • The First Spark
  • The Furnace Heart
  • The Glow at the Door
  • The Golden Hammerer
  • The Hand in the Furnace
  • The Heat Beneath the World
  • The Kiln-Father
  • The Lamp of Heaven
  • The Laughing Wildfire
  • The Light That Eats
  • The Noonday King

T, continued

  • The Oathfire
  • The One Who Does Not Dim
  • The Patient Coal
  • The Red Charioteer
  • The Red Smith
  • The Salamander King
  • The Scorching Wind
  • The Sleeper in the Volcano
  • The Smith Below
  • The Smoke-Reader
  • The Tempering Hand
  • The Thousand-Tongued
  • The Tinder Thief
  • The Unquenched
  • The Warm Stranger
  • Thessakar the Bellows-Breathed
  • Thulvar of the Glowing Deep
  • Thyrannor
  • Tinderbeard
  • Tlepsh
  • Tletzin
  • Tohil
  • Tohil Giver of Fire
  • Tolmekh of the Noon Sky
  • Tolvanar
  • Tonatiuh
  • Tonatiuh of the Fifth Sun
  • Torchbearer
  • Tulkarn the Oath-Burner
  • Tuzar
  • Tvashtar
  • Tzintar

U: 11 names

  • Ugnius
  • Ulmarak
  • Ulthenor the Slag-Born
  • Ulvekh of the Red Dawn
  • Urthemar
  • Urvakh the Desert-Walker
  • Usil
  • Uskarel
  • Utu
  • Utu of Sippar
  • Uzmeth the Sulfur-Breathed

V: 21 names

  • Vahagn
  • Vahagn Born of the Red Reed
  • Vahagn the Dragon Reaper
  • Vahni
  • Valkoran of the Molten Gate
  • Vaporius
  • Varkhelios
  • Varrus the Anvil-Breaker
  • Vendrakos the Thrice-Tempered
  • Veshtar the Crucible-Born
  • Vezuvar
  • Vishvakarma
  • Vivasvat
  • Volgrim the Iron-Melter
  • Volkanor
  • Vorakhan
  • Vulcan
  • Vulcan Mulciber
  • Vulcan of Mount Etna
  • Vulcan Quietus
  • Vulkaris of the Red Caldera

W: 3 names

  • Warden of the Sacred Flame
  • Warmhollow
  • Wyrrakh the Smoldering

X: 6 names

  • Xanthor
  • Xerovan the Drought-Bringer
  • Xiuhtecuhtli
  • Xiuhtecuhtli Lord of the Year
  • Xiuhtecuhtli the Turquoise Lord
  • Xolotl

Y: 8 names

  • Yandi
  • Yandi the Flame Emperor
  • Yanjun
  • Yavrenor the Spark-Giver
  • Yorrim of the Watchfires
  • Yrsekh the Candle-Father
  • Yskaroth
  • Yzaron the Hundred-Sparked

Z: 12 names

  • Zandrakos the Noon-Crowned
  • Zao Jun
  • Zao Jun the Stove Master
  • Zenthrak
  • Zephrakos of the Dry Lightning
  • Zharomir
  • Zharun
  • Zhurong
  • Zhurong of the South
  • Zhurong Rider of Two Dragons
  • Zolthar the Undimmed
  • Zorvath