Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese, Okinawan Scripts 島袋(Japanese Kanji) しまぶくろ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ɕi.mä.bɯ.kɯ.ɾo̞/(Japanese) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 袋 (fukuro) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".