Japanese Submitted Surnames

Osamu 納, おさむ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Osanai Japanese

Osanai 小山内, おさない Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 山 (san) meaning "mountain" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".

Osaragi 大仏, 大佛, おさらぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (osaragi), from さらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from さらき (saraki), from 更木 (saraki) meaning "new wood; unused wood", referring to a statue of Buddha that was created using fresh wood.

Osaragi 大仏, 大佛, おさらぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), a variant reading of 大仏 (Daibutsu), a clipping of 大仏ケ谷 (Daibutsugayatsu), a former name for the area of Hase in the city of Kamakura in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.

Osaragi 大仏, 大佛, おさらぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), sound- and script-changed from 若木 (Osanagi), a clipping of 若木山 (Osanagiyama) meaning "Osanagi Mountain", a mountain in the city of Higashine in the prefecture of Yamagata in Japan.

Osaragi 大仏, 大佛, おさらぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from Old Japanese おぽさらぎ (oposaragi), from オポ (opo) meaning "great; large" and サラギ (saragi) meaning "newcomer", referring to the large number of visitors to a great statue of Buddha.

Osaragi 大仏, 大佛, おさらぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (osaragi), from Old Japanese オホソレキ (ohosoreki), from オホ (oho) meaning "great; large", ソレ (sore) meaning "slash-and-burn cultivation" , and キ (ki) meaning "place", referring to a place in the mountains that had been slash-and-burn cultivated.

Osata Japanese

Osato Japanese
O means "big" and sato means "hamlet, village, town".

Ōsawa 大沢, 大澤 Japanese
Alternate transcription of Osawa.

Osawa 大沢, 大澤 Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Oseki Japanese

Oshii Japanese

Oshika Japanese

Ōshima 大島, 大嶋 Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Oshima 大島, 大嶋 Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōshima.

Oshio Japanese

Ōshita 大下, おおした Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Oshita 大下, おおした Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大下 (see Ōshita).

Osoreda Japanese

Osu Japanese
Variant transcription of Ousu.

Ōsuga 大菅, おおすが Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge".

Osuga Japanese

Osuga 大菅, おおすが Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大菅 (see Ōsuga).

Osuga 小菅, おすが Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Osuge 小菅, おすげ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Osugi Japanese

Osuka Japanese

Ōta 大田, 太田 Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" or 太 (o) meaning "plump, fat, thick" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Otabara Japanese
Variant of Otahara.

Otahara Japanese

Ōtaka 大高, 大鷹, 大孝, 大嵩, 大貴 Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk," 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]

Ōtaka 大高, おおたか Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Ōtaka 大鷹, おおたか Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 鷹 (taka) meaning "eagle, falcon, hawk".

Otaka 大高, おおたか Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大高 (see Ōtaka).

Ōtake 大竹, おおたけ Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Otake Japanese
O means "great, big" and take means "bamboo".

Otake 大竹, おおたけ Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大竹 (see Ōtake).

Ōtaki 大滝, 大瀧 Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall".

Ōtani 大谷 Japanese
Variant transcription of Ootani.

Ōtani 大谷, おおたに Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Otani 大谷 Japanese
Variant transcription of Ootani.

Otawara Japanese
A notable bearer is Harukiyo Otwara, a daimyo of the Sengoku Period.

Ōto 網戸 Japanese
Variant of Amito.

Oto Japanese
O means "great, large" and to means "wisteria".

Otodanketsu 音団結 Japanese
音 (oto) means sound, 団 (Dan) means group, and 結 (ketsu) means conclusion, 団結 (danketsu) means Unity, making the full name 音団結(Otodanketsu) mean sound unity. the name was borne from Yasuhito Otodanketsu, a character in a Danganronpa fan series called Danganronpa endless: Hope Convalescence.

Ōtomo 大友, おおとも Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Otomo Japanese

Otomo 大友, おおとも Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大友 (see Ōtomo).

Otonari 乙成, 音成, おとなり Japanese
This surname combines 乙 (itsu, otsu, oto-, kinoto) meaning "duplicate, strange, the latter, witty" or 音 (in, on, -non, oto, ne) meaning "noise, sound" with 成 (jou, sei, na.su, -na.su, na.ru, nari) meaning "become, elapse, get, grow, reach, turn into."

Otori Japanese

Otsu Japanese
O means "big, great" and tsu means "harbor, seaport".

Ōtsubo 大坪 Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.

Otsubo 大坪 Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōtsubo.

Otsuji Japanese

Ōtsuka 大塚, おおつか Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Otsuka 大塚, 太塚 Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" or 太 (o) "fat," "thick" and 塚 (tsuka) "mound."

Otsuka 大塚, おおつか Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大塚 (see Ōtsuka).

Ōtsuki 大月, 大槻, 大築, 大附, 大即 Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) "large, big" with 月 (gatsu, getsu, tsuki) meaning "moon, month," 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree," 築 (chiku, kizu.ku, tsuki) meaning "build, construct, fabricate," 附 (fu, tsu.ku, tsu.keru) meaning "affixed, append, attach" or 即 (soku, sunawa.chi, tsu.ku, tsu.keru) meaning "adapt, agree, as is, conform, instant, namely." It can also be used to combine 王 (ou, -nou) meaning "king, magnate, rule" and 月.... [more]

Ōtsuki 大槻, おおつき Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 槻 (tsuki) referring to a type of tree (genus Zelkova).

Otsuki 大槻, おおつき Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大槻 (see Ōtsuki).

Otsukotsu 乙骨, おつこつ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 乙骨 (see Okkotsu).

Otsuyama Japanese

Ou 奥, おう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Ō).

Ōuchi 大内, おおうち Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Ouchi Japanese

Ouchi 大内, おおうち Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大内 (see Ōuchi).

Oukawa Japanese

Ouma Japanese (Modern)

Ōura 大浦, おおうら Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Oura 大浦, おおうら Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大浦 (see Ōura).

Ousu Japanese

Owada Japanese

Ōwaki 大脇, おおわき Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Owaki 大脇, おおわき Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大脇 (see Ōwaki).

Owara Japanese
Variant of Ohara.

Owari 終里 Japanese
From Japanese 終 (owa) meaning “last, to finish” and 里 (ri) meaning “village, the home of one’s parents, hometown”. The latter character is also an archaic Japanese unit of area.

Ōya 大屋, おおや Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, house, shop".

Ōya 大矢, おおや Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow".

Oya Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Oya 大屋, おおや Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大屋 (see Ōya).

Oya 大矢, おおや Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大矢 (see Ōya).

Oyagawa Japanese
Variant of Oyakawa.

Oyaizu Japanese

Oyakawa 親川 Japanese
From the Japanese 親 (oya) "parent" and 川 (kawa) "river."

Oyama 大山 Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Oyamada Japanese
O means "small", yama means "mountain", da is a form of ta meaning "field, wilderness, rice paddy".

Oyanagi Japanese
O means "great, big" and yanagi means "willow".

Oyoshi Japanese

Ozaka Japanese
"Big, great slope". Variant of Osaka.

Ozaki Japanese
A variant of Osaki. O means "Big" and Zaki means "Peninsula, Cape, Promontory".

Ozaki 尾崎, おざき Japanese
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ozato Japanese
Variant of Osato.

Ozawa 小沢, 小澤 Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ōzeki 大関, おおぜき Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 関 (seki) meaning "frontier, pass".

Ozeki Japanese

Ozeki 小関, おぜき Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "big, great" and 関 (seki) meaning "frontier, pass".

Ozeki 大関, おおぜき Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大関 (see Ōzeki).

Ōzora 大空, おおぞら Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Ozu Japanese (Rare)
In this surname O can mean "small" and zu means "harbor". ... [more]

Raido Japanese

Raidoh Japanese

Raidou Japanese

Ran 蘭, らん Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蘭 (see Araragi).

Ranjo Japanese

Ranjou Japanese

Rei 鈴 Japanese
Variant reading of Suzu.

Ri 李 Japanese
Japanese form of Li 1, from Japanese 李 (ri) meaning "plum, prune".

Rikimaru 力丸, リキマル Japanese
This surname is used as 力丸 with 力 (rii, riki, ryoku, chikara) meaning "bear up, exert, power, strain, strength, strong" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [more]

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From given name Rikke

Rikkusu Japanese

Rin 林 Japanese
From Japanese 林 (rin) meaning "forest".

Rinbayashi 林林 Japanese (Rare)
It's written like this: 林林. Both rin and hayashi mean "forest". This is because rin is the Chinese reading called onyomi, and hayashi is the Japanese reading called kunyomi.

Roka Japanese
Japanese name meaning "White crest of the wave".

Rokuno Japanese
Roku means "six" and no means "field, wilderness".

Rokuro 轆轤 Japanese (Rare)
Means "potter's wheel" or "pulley" in Japanese.

Rokutambo 六反穂, ろくたんぼ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 六 (roku) meaning "6" and 反穂 (tambo), from 田圃 (tambo) meaning "rice paddy field", referring to a rice paddy field with an area of 6 tans (around 5950 m²) in Japanese measurement.

Rokutampo 六反穂, ろくたんぼ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 六反穂 (see Rokutambo).

Rokuyama 六山 Japanese (Rare)
Means "6 mountains" in Japanese.

Roppongi 六本木 Japanese
From 六 (ro) meaning "seven", 本 (pon) meaning "origin", and 木 (gi) meaning "wood, tree".

Royama Japanese
蝋 means wax. 山 means mountain.

Ryogoku Japanese

Ryuen 龍 円 Japanese (Rare)
龍 (Ryuu) means "Dragon" and 円 (En) means "Circle, Round". En also can also mean "Garden" in this surname. ... [more]

Ryūfuku 竜福, 龍福, りゅうふく Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 竜福 (Ryūfuku), a clipping of 竜福寺 (Ryūfukuji), a former temple that was located possibly somewhere in the prefecture of Tochigi in Japan. It is also a clipping of 龍福寺 (Ryūfukuji), former temple in the division of Shiji in the area of Shiraki in the ward of Asakita in the city of Hiroshima in the prefecture of Hiroshima in Japan.... [more]

Ryufuku 竜福, 龍福, りゅうふく Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 竜福 or 龍福 (see Ryūfuku).

Ryugoku Japanese

Ryuhfuku 竜福, 龍福, りゅうふく Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 竜福 or 龍福 (see Ryūfuku).

Ryūjin Japanese
It means "Dragon God" or "Dragon King". Using the kanjis 龍 (ryuu, ryou, tatsu) meaning "dragon", and 神 (kami, jin or shin) meaning "god". It can be read as Tatsugami as well.

Ryuko Japanese (Rare)

Ryumine 竜峰, 龍峯, 龍峰, 竜峯 Japanese
竜/龍 (Ryu) means "Dragon, Imperial" and 嶺,峰,峯 (Mine) means "Peak, Summit, Mountaintop".

Ryusaki Japanese
Ryu means "dragon" or "imperial" and Saki means "peninsula".

Ryuuen Japanese
Most common transcription of Ryuen, meaning "dragon garden".

Ryuufuku 竜福, 龍福, りゅうふく Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 竜福 or 龍福 (see Ryūfuku).

Ryuuko Japanese

Ryūzaki 竜崎, 龍崎, リュウザキ Japanese
From Japanese 竜, 龍 (ryū) meaning "dragon" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula". One bearer of this surname was actor Katsu Ryūzaki (竜崎 勝, 1940–1984), born Fumiaki Takashima (高島 史旭).

Ryūzono 龍園 Japanese (Rare)
Means "dragon garden" in Japanese.

Ryuzono 龍園 Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ryūzono.

Saame 左雨, さあめ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 左雨 (see Sasame).

Saara 茶新, さあら Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶新 (see Chashin).

Sabusawa 寒風沢, 寒風澤, さぶさわ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風沢 (Sabusawa), a clipping of 寒風沢浜 (Sabusawahama) meaning "Sabusawahama", a former village in the district of Miyagi in the former Japanese province of Rikuzen in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate in Japan, or a clipping of 浦戸寒風沢 (Uratosabusawa) meaning "Uratosabusawa", an area in the city of Shiogama in the prefecture of Miyagi in Japan.... [more]

Sada 佐田 Japanese
From 佐 (sa) meaning "assist" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Sadaki Japanese

Sadakiyo Japanese

Sadamoto Japanese

Sado Japanese

Saegusa Japanese
Variant of Saekusa.

Saeki 佐伯, 三枝木, 佐柄木, サエキ Japanese
This surname is used as 佐伯, 三枝木 or 佐柄木 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 伯 (haku, eki) meaning "chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb", 柄 (hei, gara, e, tsuka) meaning "design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Saeki 佐伯, さえき Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 伯 (eki) meaning "official, count, earl".

Saeki 冴木, さえき Japanese
From Japanese 冴 (sae) meaning "clear, serene" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Saemonsaburo 左衛門三郎, さえもんさぶろう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).

Saemonsaburō 左衛門三郎, さえもんさぶろう Japanese (Rare)
Derived from a combination of the given names 左衛門 (see Saemon) and 三郎 (see Saburō).... [more]

Saemonsaburoh 左衛門三郎, さえもんさぶろう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).

Saemonsaburou 左衛門三郎, さえもんさぶろう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).

Saenagi Japanese

Saga Japanese

Sagami Japanese
Variant of Sakami.

Sagara 相良, 相楽, さがら Japanese
From Japanese 相 (saga) meaning "nature, custom, fate, destiny" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort, ease".

Sagawa 佐川, サガワ Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sagisu Japanese

Sagou Japanese

Sahara 佐原, さはら Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" or 佐 (Sa), a clipping of 佐野 (Sano), a former manor in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan, and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field"... [more]

Sahara 左原, 佐原, さはら Japanese
From Japanese 左 (sa), a clipping of 左衛門尉 (saemon-no-jō) meaning "judge of senior gate guards" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".

Sahara 砂原, さはら Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara).

Saharu Japanese

Sahashi 佐橋, さはし Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Sahata 茶畑, さはた Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶畑 (see Chabata 2).

Saho Japanese

Sahryu Japanese

Sai 蔡 Japanese (Rare)
Japanese for Cai.

Saida Japanese

Saigo Japanese

Saigusa Japanese

Saihara Japanese
Prime field, Conspicuous wilderness... [more]

Saijo Japanese

Saijo 西城, さいじょう Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 西城 (see Saijō).

Saijō 西城, さいじょう Japanese
From Japanese 西 (sai) meaning "west" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Saika Japanese

Saiki Japanese

Saimu 宰務, さいむ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宰 (sai) meaning "superintend" and 務 (mu) meaning "task; duty", referring to someone who would supervise or administer others.

Saimura Japanese

Saio Japanese

Saionji 西園寺 Japanese
Japanese surname derived from the kanji for "west", "park, garden" and "Buddhist temple".

Saishiki 彩色 Japanese
Derived from "彩色" meaning "colouring".

Saisho Japanese

Saishou Japanese

Saita Japanese

Saitama 埼玉 Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "precious stone peninsula".

Saitoh Japanese

Saitozaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Saitosaki.

Saiyo 濟陽, さいよう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Saiyō).

Saiyō 濟陽, さいよう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Saka Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill", often found in other surnames and place names such as Osaka.

Saka 坂, 阪, さか Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Sakabara Japanese
Variant of Sakahara.

Sakabayashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sakahayashi.

Sakabe 坂部, 阪部, さかべ Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sakada Japanese

Sakade Japanese

Sakae Japanese

Sakagai Japanese

Sakagami Japanese

Sakagami 坂上, 阪上, さかがみ Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 上 (kami) meaning "high place, top".

Sakagashira 坂頭, 阪頭, さかがしら Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope; hill" and 頭 (gashira), the joining form of 頭 (kashira) meaning "head", referring to the top of a hill.... [more]

Sakagawa 坂川, 阪川 Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sakagaya Japanese

Sakagi Japanese
Variant of Sakaki.

Sakaguchi 坂口 Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sakahara 阪原 Japanese
From Japanese 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sakahayashi Japanese

Sakai 坂井, 阪井 Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakai 酒井 Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sakaki 榊 Japanese

Sakakibara 榊原 Japanese
From Japanese 榊 (sakaki) meaning "sakaki" (a type of tree) and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

Sakakida 榊田 Japanese (Rare)
Sakaki (榊) means "sakaki tree", da (田) means "ricefield". Ta changes to da because of rendaku. This surname is extremely rare

Sakakihara Japanese
Sakaki refers to the "sakaki tree" and hara means "field plain".

Sakakita Japanese

Sakakiwara Japanese
Variant of Sakakihara.

Sakamata Japanese
Perhaps from surname of Naoya Sakamata, who was a composer of dark music.

Sakami Japanese
Salad means "slope, hill" and mi means "view".

Sakan 左官, さかん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左官 (sakan) meaning "plasterer".

Sakan 佐官, 属, さかん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐官 (sakan) meaning "field officer".

Sakane 坂根, 阪根, 酒根 Japanese
From the Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) "slope" or 酒 (saka or sake) "alcohol" and 根 (ne) "root."

Sakano Japanese

Sakano 坂野, 阪野, さかの Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sakanoue Japanese

Sakashita 坂下, さかした Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Sakata Japanese

Sakata 坂田, 阪田, さかた Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakatani 阪谷 Japanese
阪 (Saka) means "hill, slope" and 谷 (tani) means "Valley".

Sakate Japanese

Sakato 坂頭, 阪頭, さかとう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakatō 坂頭, 阪頭, さかとう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakagashira).

Sakatoh 坂頭, 阪頭, さかとう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakatoku 酒徳, さかとく Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka), the combining form of 酒 (sake) meaning "alcoholic beverage, rice wine" and 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue", referring to a wine server.

Sakatou 坂頭, 阪頭, さかとう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakaue Japanese

Sakawa Japanese

Sakawara Japanese
Variant of Sakahara.

Sakaya Japanese

Sakayanagi 阪柳 Japanese (Rare)
阪 (Saka) means "slope, hill" and 柳 (yanagi) means "willow". ... [more]

Sakazaki 坂崎, 阪崎 Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Sakei Japanese
Sake means "liquor" and I means "well, mineshaft".

Sakemi Japanese

Saketoku 酒徳, さけとく Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 酒徳 (see Sakatoku).

Saki Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Sakigake 魁, さきがけ Japanese
魁 (Sakigake) can be translated to (pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; forerunner; harbinger; herald; / leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)) It could be interpreted as a nickname for who's a leader

Sakihara Japanese

Sakii Japanese
Saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Sakimoto 崎本 Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Sakino Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Sakiyama 崎山 Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) "small peninsula, cape" and 山 (yama) "mountain".

Sakka 属, さかん Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 属 (see Sakan).

Sako Japanese

Sako 佐古, さこ Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".

Sakoh Japanese

Sakon Japanese
A notable bearer is the actor Peter Sakon Lee.

Sakota 迫田, さこた Japanese
From Japanese 迫 (sako) meaning "mountainside valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakou 佐向 Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 (kō) meaning "facing".

Saku Japanese

Sakuami Japanese

Sakuda Japanese

Sakuma 佐久間 Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Sakunami 斯波, さくなみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Sakura 佐倉, さくら Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Sakuraba 桜庭, さくらば Japanese
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 庭 (ba) meaning "garden".

Sakuragi 桜木, 桜樹, 櫻木, 櫻樹 Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood" or 樹 (gi) meaning "tree". Chloe Cerise and Professor Cerise (also known as Koharu Sakuragi and Dr... [more]

Sakurai 桜井, 櫻井, 桃井 Japanese
From the Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) "cherry blossom" or 桃 (sakura or momo) "peach" and 井 (i) "well."

Sakurai 桜井, 櫻井 Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well." A notable bearer of this surname is Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井 孝宏), a Japanese voice-actor who is best known for voicing Izuru Kira from Bleach, Kiyomaro Takamine from Zatch Bell, and Ja'far from the Magi series.

Sakurai 桜井, 櫻井, さくらい Japanese
From Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakurajima 桜島, 櫻島, さくらじま Japanese
From Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) both meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 島 (jima) meaning "island". This surname comes from 桜島 (Sakurajima), an active stratovolcano located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan... [more]

Sakurakaba 桜椛, さくらかば Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "prunus serrulata" and 椛 (kaba) meaning "betula".

Sakuramachi Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and machi means "town".

Sakurami Japanese
Sakura means "Cherry Blossom (tree)" and Mi means "View, See, Mindset."

Sakurami 桜見, 桜実, 櫻見, 櫻実 Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see" or 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real".

Sakuramiya 桜宮, 櫻宮 Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Sakuramoto Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Sakurano 桜野 Japanese
Means "cherry blossom field" in Japanese, from 桜 (sakura) "cherry blossom" and 野 (no) "field".

Sakurasaka Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saka means "cape, peninsula".

Sakurasaki Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saki means "peninsula".

Sakurashima Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and shima means "island".

Sakurata Japanese
Variant of Sakurada.

Sakurayashiki 桜屋敷, 桜谷敷, 櫻屋敷, さくらやしき Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".... [more]

Sakurazaka Japanese (Rare)
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaka is a form of saka that means means "peninsula, cape". ... [more]

Sakurazaki Japanese
Variant of Sakurasaki. Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaki is a form of saki means "peninsula".

Sakuta Japanese

Same 五月女 Japanese
Variant reading of 五月女 (Saotome).

Samejima 鮫島 Japanese
”鮫” (sa me) is meaning ”shark”(in ancient use, ”alligator” ) and ”島”(or ”嶋”) (shima in west Japan , jima in east Japan) is meaning "island" in Japan.... [more]

Sameshima Japanese

Samon 佐門, 左門, サモン Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 左 (sa, sha, hidari) meaning "left" or 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]

Samukawa Japanese
A notable bearer is Tatsukiyo Samukawa (1697-1739), the daimyo of the Zeze Domain.

Samukaze 寒風, さむかぜ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Samunami 寒波, さむなみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒波 (see Kampa).

Samune 実宗, 實宗, さむね Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 実 (sane) meaning "fruit seed" and 宗 (mune) meaning "principle; aim; purpose; meaning; gist", referring to a land with many fruits or with rich fertility.... [more]

Samura Japanese
Sa means "support, assist" and mura "village, hamlet" or "town".

Samuraigane 侍金, さむらいがね Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 侍 (samurai) meaning "warrior" and 金 (gane), the joining form of 金 (kane) meaning "money, metal", referring to possibly a wealthy warrior or a warrior described strong as metal.

Samusawa 寒風沢, 寒風澤, さむさわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風沢 or 寒風澤 (see Sabusawa).

Sanata Japanese

Sanbe 三部, さんべ Japanese
From Japanese 三 (san) meaning "three" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".