Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 紅, 紅央, 紅旺, 紅翠, 紅生, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. BE-NEE-O [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 紅 (benio) meaning "crimson" or from Japanese 紅 (beni) meaning "crimson" combined with 央 (o) meaning "center, middle". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.