Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 盆子原(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. BOHN-KO-BAH-RAH [key] Meaning & History From 盆 (bon) meaning "tray, bowl, basin, lantern festival", combined with 子 (ko, shi) meaning "child, sign of the rat", and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".