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Name Calcifer
Gender Masculine
Usage Literature
Pronounced Pron. KAHL-sih-fer, KAL-sə-fər
Other Forms FormsCalsifer
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Meaning & History

This is the name of a fire demon in the 1986 young adult fantasy novel Howl's Moving Castle, written by Diana Wynne Jones.

Perhaps derived from French calcifier "to calcify", stemming from Latin calx "lime, limestone", or from calx "lime" and ferre "to bring".
Added 4/20/2009 by lillyanna