Calcifer

Calcifer is a boy's name created by the British author Diana Wynne Jones for her fantasy novel Howl’s Moving Castle. Borne by the endlessly charming fire demon tasked with heating and powering the castle, Calcifer has reached vast audiences and captured the hearts of many with the Studio Ghibli movie adaptation. Calcifer is believed to be inspired by the French calcifier, meaning “to calcify.” Calcifer is already a word in Romanian, meaning “calciferous” of the same French root. Calcifer has a distinctive quality that is bound to help baby stand out wherever they go. No doubt your precious bundle will warm your hearth in no time!