Reese
Reese is a baby name of Welsh origin, meaning Ardent; fiery.
What Reese means
Ardent; fiery.
Reese sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Reese comes from
Welsh names come from one of the oldest continuously spoken languages in Europe, and many are rooted in Celtic myth or in the landscape itself.
Reese is recorded as Welsh in origin. Browse other Welsh names.
How popular is Reese?
Reese sits outside the top 100 baby names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Reese
Reese sits in our Fire group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Fire
Names like Reese
These share Reese's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Phuong — Phoenix.
- Phoenix — Deep red; the immortal reborn bird.
- Seraphina — Fiery, burning — the seraphim angels.
- Aedan — Little fire.
- Aodh — Fire.
- Blaise — Firebrand.
- Emberly — Glowing ember; spark.
- Fintan — White fire.
- Ignacio — Fiery, ardent.
- Ignatius — Fiery.
- Kenneth — Handsome; born of fire.
- Tejas — Brilliance; radiance.