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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese
Scripts 荒平(Japanese Kanji) あらひら(Japanese Hiragana)
Other Forms FormsArehira, Araidaira
Meaning & History
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense" and 平 (hira) meaning "flat; flattened" or, in a dialect, "cliff", referring to a rough flatland or a rough cliff.
It may also be from Japanese 荒平 (Arahira) meaning "Arahira", a division in the area of Tenjin in the city of Kanoya in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, or a division in the area of Ōkuchiyamano in the city of Isa in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, or a division in the area of Kuratakemachiura in the city of Amakusa in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.
It may also be from Japanese 荒平 (Arahira) meaning "Arahira", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
It may also be a variant of Yasura.
It may also be from Japanese 荒平 (Arahira) meaning "Arahira", a division in the area of Tenjin in the city of Kanoya in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, or a division in the area of Ōkuchiyamano in the city of Isa in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, or a division in the area of Kuratakemachiura in the city of Amakusa in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.
It may also be from Japanese 荒平 (Arahira) meaning "Arahira", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
It may also be a variant of Yasura.