Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Japanese; and the first letter is I.
usage
letter
Igarashi 五十嵐, いがらし Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (i) meaning "fifty", an unwritten subject marker (ga), and (arashi) meaning "storm".
Ikeda 池田, いけだ Japanese
From Japanese (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Imai 今井, いまい Japanese
From Japanese (ima) meaning "now, present" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Inaba 稲葉, いなば Japanese
From Japanese (ina) meaning "rice plant" and (ha) meaning "leaf".
Inada 稲田, いなだ Japanese
From Japanese (ina) meaning "rice plant" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Inoue 井上, いのうえ Japanese
Means "above the well", from Japanese (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", an unwritten possessive marker (no), and (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".
Ishida 石田, いしだ Japanese
From Japanese (ishi) meaning "stone" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ishikawa 石川, いしかわ Japanese
From Japanese (ishi) meaning "stone" and (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ito 伊藤, いとう Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).
Itō 伊藤, いとう Japanese
From Japanese (i) meaning "this" and () meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.
Itou 伊藤, いとう Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).
Iwai 岩井, いわい Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Iwamoto 岩本, いわもと Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Iwasaki 岩崎, いわさき Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Iwata 岩田, いわた Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Izumi 泉, いずみ Japanese
From Japanese (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".