Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 楡原(Japanese Kanji) にれはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.