Submitted Name Revision History

loadingDate    Editor    Name ID    Change Summary
4/3/2020, 11:31 AM m4yb3_daijirou 210246
4/3/2020, 11:28 AM m4yb3_daijirou 210246 merge 2 names
4/2/2020, 11:48 AM LazyKawaiiPanda 330612
4/2/2020, 11:46 AM LazyKawaiiPanda 330612 initial state of 330612
9/24/2015, 3:58 PM m4yb3_daijirou 210246
9/24/2015, 3:50 PM Sofia 210246
9/14/2015, 6:20 PM anonymous 210246 initial state of 210246

Name Karai
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Popular Culture, English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced Pron. /kə.ˈɹaɪ/(American English)
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

Possibly taken from the Japanese adjective 辛い (karai) meaning "spicy, hot; strict, harsh, severe," belonging to a fictional (female) character in various installments of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and related media, introduced in 1993, and a (male) character in the anime 'Naruto Shippūden' who first appeared in episode 286 (broadcast in 2012 in Japan).

The former of the two characters led to the usage of Karai as a feminine name in the United States, particularly after 2014 (though first debuting in the SSA data in 2007).
Added 9/14/2015 by anonymous