Meaning and Origin
What does the name Red mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Australia says the name Red means "A super winner or beauty".
- A submission from Australia says the name Red means "A super winner".
- 2 people from California, U.S. agree the name Red means "Ruby in color".
- 2 submissions from Kansas, U.S. agree the name Red means "Beauty" and is of English origin.
- A submission from France says the name Red means "Winner" and is of English origin.
- According to a user from Ohio, U.S., the name Red is of English origin and means "Wild".
Note: ☞ Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.
Note: ☞ Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
Etymology: OE. red reed, AS. reád reód; akin to OS. rōd, OFries. rād, D. rood, G. roht rot, OHG. rōt, Dan. & Sw. röd, Icel. rauðr rjōðr, Goth. ráuds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira rohita; cf. L. rutilus. √113. Cf. Erysipelas Rouge Rubric Ruby Ruddy Russet Rust
- The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these."Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue." [Milton.]
- A red pigment.
- [European Politics] An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, (a.) (Cant)
- pl.[Med] The menses.
- Red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
- Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue ("the company operated in the red last year")
- Characterized by violence or bloodshed ("convulsed with red rage")
- Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion ("turned red from exertion", "with puffy reddened eyes", and "red-faced and violent")
- A nickname given to someone who has or had red hair.
- A Communist.
- A supporter of a sports team who wears red as part of their kit.
Red was also found in the following language(s): Alemannic German