Hayashi

Type Surname (from location)

Scripts 林(Japanese Kanji) はやし(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced Pron. HA-YA-SHEE

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Meaning & History

From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Other ReadingsLin(Chinese) Lam(Chinese (Cantonese)) Lim(Chinese (Hokkien)) Im(Korean)