Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 綾也, 綾夜, 綾野, 亮哉, 亮也, 亮弥, 僚哉, 僚弥, 凌哉, 凌也, 凌夜, 凌弥, 涼哉, 涼也, 涼夜, 涼弥, 涼矢, 稜也, 稜夜, 良允, 良哉, 良也, 良夜, 良弥, 諒哉, 諒也, 諒夜, 諒弥, 遼哉, 遼也, 遼弥, 嶺夜, 怜哉, 怜也, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Other Forms FormsRyōya, Ryoya
Meaning & History
From Japanese 綾 (ryou) meaning "design, figured cloth, twill", 亮 (ryou) meaning "clear, help", 僚 (ryou) meaning "colleague, official, companion", 涼 (ryou) meaning "cool, refreshing", 稜 (ryou) meaning "angle, edge, corner, power, majesty", 良 (ryou) meaning "good", 諒 (ryou) meaning "reality", 遼 (ryou) meaning "distant", 嶺 (ryou) meaning "peak, summit" or 怜 (ryou) meaning "wise" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also", 夜 (ya) meaning "night", 野 (ya) meaning "area, field", 哉 (ya), an exclamation, 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly", 矢 (ya) meaning "dart, arrow" or 允 (ya) meaning "license, sincerity, permit". Other kanji combinations are possible. Famous bearers are Ryoya Ogawa, a Japanese football player and Ryoya Ueda, a Japanese football player.