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Worldwide, ドラゴン (Dragon
, ドラゴン
, Dragun
) is quite a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently feminine given name. The forename ドラゴン is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is a rare primarily male, but very seldom girly name, Hong Kong, where it is a rare masculine name, and Sri Lanka. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. Likewise, ドラゴン is the last name as well as the forename.
ドラゴン is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dragon Shiryū , the fictional character from Saint Seiya; Dragon King , the DC Comics supervillain in WWII-era stories, Stargirl; Dragon King of the East Sea , the deity in Chinese folk religion, Journey to the West; Dragon , the character in the Shrek movie series, Shrek 2 and Dragon Face , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, City at War, Part 3, and in many other works.