Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese (Rare) Scripts 蓮寺(Japanese Kanji) はすでら(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. HA-SOO-DEH-RA [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus, nelumbo nucifera" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".