Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 沖本(Japanese Kanji) おきもと(Japanese Hiragana) オキモト(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. /o̞.kʲi.mo̞.to̞/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".