Entry № 5641 · Japanese origin

Kurenai Kurenai — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ koo-REH-nai /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Crimson (Kurenai Yuhi - Naruto Genjutsu mistress + Team 8 sensei)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "crimson (kurenai yuhi - naruto genjutsu mistress + team 8 sensei)".

Kurenai is from the Japanese kurenai (紅 — crimson, deep red). Kurenai Yuhi is a character in Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden manga and anime. She is the Genjutsu mistress (illusion specialist) of Konohagakure — widely considered the leading Genjutsu user of her generation alongside Itachi Uchiha. Her Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death (Magen: Jubaku Satsu) and Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique are signature Genjutsu of the Naruto universe.

Crimson (Kurenai Yuhi - Naruto Genjutsu mistress + Team 8 sensei) — a Japanese name.

The name in its native script.

Transliteration
Kurenai
Pronunciation
/ kuːˈrɛ.naɪ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kurenai stands.

Kurenai does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kurenais before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kurenai Yuhi
Naruto Genjutsu mistress + Team 8 sensei.
1999

Names connected to Kurenai.

The number behind Kurenai.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kurenai reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.