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. O-KYEE-MO-TO [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".