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Two concerns about the name Fyrox:

1) slight name collision with Firefox when spoken, or...

2) Viking afficionados can correct me on this, but AFAIK "Fyr" would be pronounced "Fear"

About point 2), I don't know why the question is aimed at Viking enthusiasts but if Danish or Norwegian counts, the r is silent and almost pronounced as the letter A. Not really close to fear at all.

I was thinking about this Old Norse deity:

https://wikiless.org/wiki/T%C3%BDr

I acknowledge that Fyrox does not use the same characters as in that deity's spelling, but pretty close.

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