Kurenai

Kurenai Name meanings & History

Kurenai means "Crimson" or "Deep Red" in Japanese. It also has a cultural significance, as it is the color of the sun on the horizon at dawn and dusk. In Japanese culture, the color red is associated with good fortune, energy, and passion. Means "crimson" in Japanese, originally deriving as a contraction of 呉の藍 (kure no ai), made up of 呉 (kure), referring originally to the ancient Chinese state of Wu and later China as a whole, the possessive particle の (no) and 藍 (ai) meaning "indigo." The safflower plant (or 紅花/benibana in Japanese), from which the kurenai colour dye was extracted, was brought over from China to Japan.This name is rarely given to girls, if given at all. Kurenai is primarily used as a girl's name in Japan, but it is also sometimes used as a boy's name.