Meaning: Dragon in one Japanese spelling
The story
One Japanese spelling of Ryu, 竜 / 龍, uses two forms of the character for dragon. The meaning depends on the kanji a family chooses; the same spoken name can have other written forms.
Spellings & variants
- Ryuu
Popularity
Uncommon
Outside the US top 1,000.
Style
Origins
Ryu comes from Japanese.
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