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Name Osaragi
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 大仏, 大佛(Japanese Kanji) おさらぎ(Japanese Hiragana)
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Meaning & History
From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from Old Japanese おぽさらぎ (oposaragi), from オポ (opo) meaning "great; large" and サラギ (saragi) meaning "newcomer", referring to the large number of visitors to a great statue of Buddha.