Forum talk:Meaning of names

Rukia's name meaning
From an American Shonen Jump magazine interview with Kubo Tite (last year - the same interview where he talked about what the title "Bleach" means):

SJ: What does Rukia's name mean, and why is it written in katakana? Kubo-sensei: When I'm working, I jot down names in the margins of my notebook as they come to me. Once on TV, I saw the original type of cosmos in South America.

SJ: You mean, the flower (the cosmos plant)? Kubo-sensei: Yes. The show mentioned the name of the flower in Latin or something-like "rukia." It sounded like "Kuchiki Rukia" to me, and I wrote this down. When I created the character, I thought Kuchiki really fit as a Soul Reaper (Shinigami) name and called her Kuchiki Rukia. She had her full name from the very beginning. Later on, I learned that the word "rukia" means "light." She's like a ray of light for Ichigo, which makes the name really suit her. [In English, the name is read "Rukia Kuchiki." The meaning of the kanji for Kuchiki is "decayed tree." When Kubo-sensei talks about light, he may be referring to the word "lucia."]

Maybe a worthwhile one to put in the article then, since KT said it in an interview? Odd that she owes her name to Kubo making a mistake.