Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 喜入(Japanese Kanji) きいれ(Japanese Hiragana)
Other Forms FormsKiiri
Meaning & History
From Japanese 喜入 (Kiire) meaning "Kiire", a former village in the former district of Kiire in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 給黎 (Kiire) meaning "Kiire", the name of the district which the village was located in.