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Pyrrha

Fire

Usually a girl's name

Literal meaning
flame-colored, red: from Greek pyrrhos, from pyr 'fire' Well attested
Origin
Greek
Element: Fire

red is Fire's color in Chinese tradition

BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.

Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.

Popularity

Rare

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Names with a similar meaning

The same meaning in Chinese

  • 彤 tóng red
  • 红 hóng red Traditional form: 紅

Related in meaning in Chinese

  • 丹 dān cinnabar
  • 绯 fēi scarlet Traditional form: 緋
  • 赭 zhě reddish

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning

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