Ayaka: From Japanese
彩 (aya) "colour" combined with
花 (ka) "flower" or
華 (ka) "petal".
I originally had the ship painted with overlapping flowers of various colors, but I decided to change it to red. slightly less over the top.
Since TOS had a Roman world, a Nazi world, and a 1920s world I figure I'd be ok with an anime world.