Other than the above, there are several views on the origins of her name, such as the one that asserts it relates to spinning thread ('kukuru' also means 'bind strings'), the one that asserts it relates to 'kuguri (pass under water)' and she is a deity of water, and the one that asserts it is derived from 'kikiireru (accept a person's request).'
他に、糸を紡ぐ（括る）ことに関係があるとする説、「潜り」の意で水神であるとする説、「聞き入れる」が転じたものとする説などがある。