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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 龍光, 竜光, 榴岡, 柳虹(Japanese Kanji) りゅうこう(Japanese Hiragana) リュウコウ(Japanese Katakana)
Other Forms FormsRyuko, Ryuukou
Meaning & History
This name can be used as 龍光 or 竜光 with 龍 (ryuu, ryou, rou, tatsu) meaning "dragon, imperial," 竜 (ryuu, ryou, rou, ise, tatsu) with the same meaning as 龍 and 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru) meaning "light, ray."Bearers of this name include Neo-Confucian scholar Hayashi Ryūkō (林 榴岡) (1681-1758), whose true name is Nobumitsu (信充), and poet & literary critic Ryūkō Kawaji (川路 柳虹) (1888-1959), used as the pen-name of Makoto Kawaji (川路 誠). In their cases, their kanji are, in order, 榴 (ryuu, ryou, ru, zakuro), an outdated kanji meaning "pomegranate," 岡 (kou, oka) meaning "hill, knoll, mount," 柳 (ryuu, yanagi) meaning "willow" and 虹 (kou, niji) meaning "rainbow."This name is rarely given to boys, if given at all.Ryūkō is also used as a surname.