Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 黒岩(Japanese Kanji) くろいわ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /kɯᵝ.ɾo̞.i.ɰᵝä/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks". Related Names Rootskuro + iwa