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Nakanishi Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship, terms" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Nakaniwa Japanese

Nakanotani Japanese (Rare)
Naka means "middle", no is a possessive particle, and tani means "valley".

Nakao Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nakasa Japanese

Nakasaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Nakasato Japanese

Nakasawa Japanese

Nakase Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, current".

Nakatsu Japanese

Nakatsutsumi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and tsutsumi means "enbankment, river, bank, dike".

Nakaura Japanese
Naka means "Middle" and Ura means "Gulf, Bay, Inlet, Beach, Seacoast, Creek."

Nakaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakayoshi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and yoshi means "good luck".

Nakazawa Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Nakazone Japanese
Variant of Nakasone.

Nako Japanese
From 名 (na) meaning "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" and 幸 (ko) meaning "happiness, blessing, fortune".

Naley English

Namaru Japanese

Namatsu Japanese

Namba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nambara Japanese

Nambu Japanese

Nameda Japanese

Namigata Japanese
Variant of Namikata.

Namigawa Japanese
Variant of Namikawa.

Namiki Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Namura Japanese

Nanahoshi Japanese
Nana means "seven" and hoshi means "stars".

Nanatsuki Japanese
七 (Nana) means "Seven" and 月 (Tsuki) means "Moon, Month".

Nanba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nanbu Japanese

Nangaku Japanese

Nanjo Japanese
From 南 (nan) meaning "south" and 條 (jo) meaning "section, article, clause".

Nanke Japanese
From 南 (nan, minami) meaning "south" and 家 (ke, ie) meaning "home, house residence".

Nanomae Japanese
"Before one."

Nansai Japanese

Naoe Japanese

Naoi Japanese

Naraoka Japanese

Narasaki Japanese

Narazaki Japanese
Variant of Narasaki.

Narida Japanese

Naritomi Japanese

Nariyama Japanese
Nari means "thunder" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Narizaka Japanese
Variant of Narisaka.

Narizaki Japanese
Variant of Narisaki.

Narumi Japanese
Naru means "become". Mi means "veiw, outlook".

Narutaki Japanese
Naru means "become" and taki means "fountain".

Nase Japanese

Nashima Japanese

Nasu Japanese
From 奈 (na) meaning "what" and 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, moment, necessary".

Nasukawa Japanese
From 那 (na) meaning "what", 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary, moment", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Nate English
From the given name Nate.

Nates English, Jewish
It's probably from the given name Nate, the origin is said to be Jewish*, but the ancestors immigrated to English speaking countries.

Natori Japanese

Natsugawa Japanese
Variant of Natsukawa, meaning "summer river".

Natsugoe Japanese

Natsuki Japanese
Natsu means "summer" and ki means "tree, wood".

Natsumi Japanese (Rare)
This is occasionally,but rarely used as a last name. Natsu means "Summer",and Mi in this surname means "Look". So the literal meaning of this could be "Look at Summer",or "The Look of Summer"... [more]

Naud French

Navajo Navajo

Navarra Spanish

Nawa Japanese

Nawachi Japanese

Nawada Japanese

Nawata Japanese

Neau French

Neaux French

Neblett English

Neda Japanese

Negi Japanese

Negishi Japanese
From Japanese 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, source, foundation" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank".

Negoro Japanese

Nemoto Japanese
From 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, source, foundation" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin".

Nerome Japanese

Nettles English

Nettleson English

Newbell English

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Nickolai Russian

Nicks English, German
Means "son of Nick".

Nicolli Italian

Niere French

Nigi Japanese

Nigorikawa Japanese

Nii Japanese
From 新 (nii) meaning "new".

Niibu Japanese

Niida Japanese
From 新 (ni) meaning "new" or 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence", combined with 井 (i) meaning "well", and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Niidome Japanese
From 新 (nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 留 (dome) meaning "fasten, halt, stop, detain".

Niigaki Japanese
Variant of Niikaki.

Niihara Japanese
Nii means "new" and hara means "plain, field".

Niijima Japanese

Niimi Japanese
Nii means "new" and mi means "see, outlook, viewpoint".

Niishima Japanese

Niizeki Japanese
Variant of Niiseki.

Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".

Nijio Japanese
Niji means "rainbow" and o means "tail".

Nikaidou Japanese

Niki Japanese

Nikolaevich Russian

Ninomiya Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", ノ (no), a possessive marker, and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nishiaki Japanese

Nishibayashi Japanese
From 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest, woods, grove".

Nishibori Japanese
Variant of Nishihori.

Nishide Japanese

Nishigai Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishigawa Japanese
Variant of Nishikawa.

Nishigaya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishii Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nishijima Japanese
Variant of Nishishima.

Nishijo Japanese

Nishikata Japanese

Nishiki Japanese

Nishikido Japanese

Nishikidou Japanese

Nishikiori Japanese

Nishina Japanese
From 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence, compassion" and 科 (shina) meaning "grade, examination, categorized classes".

Nishino Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, meadow, wilderness".

Nishio Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nishisawa Japanese
Nishi means "west" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nishita Japanese

Nishitouin Japanese

Nishiura Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Nishiwaki Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Nishiya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishizawa Japanese
Variant of Nishisawa.

Nito Japanese

Nitobe Japanese

Nitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.

Nitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.

Nitta Japanese

Nitto Japanese

Nittolo Italian

Niwa Japanese
Means "garden" in Japanese.

Nobara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Nobbs English
Derived from Hob, a Medieval English diminutive of Robert.

Nobe Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field, wilderness" and 邊 (be) meaning "general area, place, vicinity".

Nobori Japanese

Noborikawa Japanese

Nobs English (Rare)
Variant of Nobbs.

Nobukawa Japanese

Nobunaga Japanese
Nobu means "trust, believe" and naga means "long, cheif".... [more]

Nobuyoshi Japanese

Nogawa Japanese
Variant of Nokawa.

Nogi Japanese

Nogita Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Nohara Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Nojima Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Nojiri Japanese
No means "rice paddy, field" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".

Nokawa Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Noko Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 古 (ko) meaning "old, antique, ancient".

Nolin French

Noma Japanese

Nomiyama Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain", 見 (mi) meaning "see, view, perspective", 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Nomizu Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Nomoto Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".

Nonagase Japanese

Nook English

Nooks English

Norida Japanese

Norimine Japanese
Possibly from 儀 (nori) meaning "rites, ceremonies" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Norita Japanese

Norizuki Japanese
Variant of Noritsuki.

Northcot English

Northcut English

Northland English
Meaning "North land".

Northman English

Northup English

Northworth English

Nosaka Japanese

Nosaki Japanese

Nosawa Japanese
No means "field, plain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Noshima Japanese
No means "field, rice paddy, wilderness" and shima means "island".

Nosho Japanese
From 納 (no) meaning "payment, supply, acceptance" and 庄 (sho) meaning "village, manor, hamlet."

Nosowicz Jewish

Nota Japanese
Variant of Noda meaning "field, rice paddy".

Notley English

Noto Japanese
No means "wilderness, field, plain" and to means "wisteria" or "door".

Notoh Japanese
Variant of Noto.

Notomi Japanese

Notou Japanese
Variant of Noto.

Notsu Japanese

Notting English

Nowara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Noye English
Patronymic form of the biblical male given name Noah.

Noyes English (American)

Noyori Japanese

Nozaki Japanese

Nozoe Japanese
Possibly from 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 末 (soe) meaning "end, tip, conclusion, final".

Nucci Italian

Nucitelli Italian

Nueva Spanish

Numa Japanese
Numa means "marsh, swamp".

Numada Japanese

Numahata Japanese
Possibly from 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 形 (hata) meaning "shape, form, type".

Numasawa Japanese
From 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Numazawa Japanese

Nunley English

Nunokawa Japanese

Nunomura Japanese

Nunoya Japanese

Nureki Japanese
From 濡 (nu, nure) meaning "wet" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Nuzzi Italian

Oba Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大場 (see Ōba).

Obara Japanese
It's written like : 小 (O meaning small) and Bara meaning "Plain". Masakazu Obara's last name is pronounced like this. He is an anime director, he worked on Accel World.

Obashi Japanese
Variant of Ohashi.

Obrist Swiss

O Ceileachair Irish

Ochitani Japanese
From 落 (ochi) meaning "fall, leave behind, drop" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Ochiya Japanese
A variant of Ochitani.

Odagiri Japanese

Odajima Japanese
Variant of Odashima.

Odakura Japanese

Odani Japanese

Odano Japanese

Odashima Japanese

Odate Japanese
O means "big, great" and date is a form of tate, which could mean "stand, rise".

O'Donahue Irish

Oe Japanese
O means "big, great" and e means "inlet, shore".

Off North Frisian

Offspring English

Ofspring English

Ofuka Japanese

Ogai Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Ogasa Japanese

Ogasabara Japanese

Ogasahara Japanese

Ogata Japanese

Ogaya Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Ogibara Japanese
Variant of Ogihara.

Ogido Japanese

Ogihara Japanese
Ogi means "reed, rush" and hara means "field, plain".

Ogino Japanese
Variant of Okino.

Ogisawa Japanese

Ogiso Japanese

Ogisu Japanese

Ogiya Japanese

Ogles Northern Irish (?), Scottish (?), English (?)
Variant of Ogle.

Oglesbee English

Oglesby English

Oguchi Japanese
"Big, great mouth/opening".

Oguma Japanese
Variant of Ōkuma.

Ogura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 倉 (kura) meaning "storehouse".

Oguri Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small, little" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Oguro Japanese
Variant of Okuro.

O'hagan Irish

Ohagan Irish

Ōhama Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Ohayashi Japanese
This is the less common variant of Kobayashi.

Ohba Japanese

Ohda Japanese
Variant transcription of Oda.

Ohe Japanese
Variant transcription of Oe.

Ohguro Japanese
Variant transcription of Oguro.

Ohinata Japanese

Ohira Japanese

Ohjima Japanese
Variant transcription of Ojima.

Ohka Japanese
A transcription of Oka meaning "Ridge, Hill". It's likely an americanized spelling.

Ohki Japanese
Variant transcription of Oki.

Ohkubo Japanese
Variant transcription of Okubo.

Ohkura Japanese

Ohmori Japanese
Variant of Omori.

Ohmura Japanese
Variant transcription of Omura.

Ohnishi Japanese

Ohoyama Japanese

Ohsawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Osawa.

Ohshima Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshima.

Ohshio Japanese

Ohsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Osuka.

Ohta Japanese

Ohtake Japanese

Ohto Japanese
Variant transcription of Oto.

Ohtsu Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsu.

Ohtsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuka.

Ohtsuki Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuki.

Ohue Japanese

Ohwada Japanese
Variant transcription of Owada.

Ohyagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Oyagi.

Ōiwa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大岩 (see Ōiwa).

Ojima Japanese
Variant of Oshima.

Ojiri Japanese

Okabayashi Japanese

Okagai Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okagawa Japanese
Variant of Okakawa.

Okagaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okahisa Japanese

Okai Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Okami Japanese

Okamizu Japanese
From 岡 (oka) meaning "hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".

Okasa Japanese

Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".

Okasaki Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and saki means "cape, promontory peninsula".

Okase Japanese
Oka means "hill, ridge" and se means "ripple".

Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".

Okata Japanese
Variant of Okada.

Okatani Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill" and tani means "valley".

Okaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okazaka Japanese
Variant of Okasaka.

Okazumi Japanese
Variant of Okasumi.