Meaning & History
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood" or 樹 (gi) meaning "tree". Chloe Cerise and Professor Cerise (also known as Koharu Sakuragi and Dr. Sakuragi respectively) from the Japanese version of Pokémon Journeys are fictional bearers of this surname.