indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 鶴喰(Japanese Kanji) つるばみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Other Forms FormsTsuruhami
Meaning & History
From Japanese 鶴喰 (Tsurubami) meaning "Tsurubami", an area in the city of Rokunohe in the district of Kamikita in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.From Japanese 鶴喰 (Tsurubami), from 鶴 (Tsuru), a sound- and script-changed clipping of 上水流 (Kamizuru) meaning "Kamizuru", a division in the area of Takaono in the city of Izumi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, and 喰 (bami), the joining form of 喰 (hami) meaning "to eat; to consume", referring to a river that ate and collapsed land.