Bringer of heat or fire
A modern literary invention likely derived from the Latin 'calx' meaning lime or 'calere' meaning to be hot, combined with the suffix '-fer' meaning to carry or bring. It is most famously known as the name of the fire demon in Diana Wynne Jones's fantasy literature.
Less common today
Calcifer isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,605 in 2023.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
A fire demon bound to the wizard Howl by a contract · Howl's Moving Castle
