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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Japanese

Meaning & History

Variously written, sometimes with characters used phonetically. It can mean ‘morning’, but the most likely meaning is ‘hemp’, making it a topographic or occupational name. Both forms are found mostly in Amami, one of the Ryūkyū Islands.
Added 12/21/2015 by cutenose