[Surname] Japanese family name Katayama
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows what the Japanese family name 'Katayama' means? I have read that it means 'mountain on the side' but elsewhere that it means 'genius'. Is it one or the other, or both?
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You'll find the origin of Katayama at http://www.ancestry.com/facts/katayama-name-meaning.ashx
Thanks Marc and Siegfried for your help. So clearly the page I saw that said it means 'genius' was wrong. :)
From what I can see, no one is actually claiming that Katayama actually means 'genius', only that certain people with that surname can be considered as such.
I see. In that case, I mos likely misinterpreted a page making this kind of statement. I admit I saw that page some years ago so my memory may have failed me. Thanks again Marc.
The kanji form is: 片山.
片 (kata) means: "one part of a two-way pair" or "partial".
山 (yama) means: "mountain, hill, peak".
片 (kata) means: "one part of a two-way pair" or "partial".
山 (yama) means: "mountain, hill, peak".