Japanese Submitted Surnames

Kuwai Japanese

Kuwajima Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima/jima (島) means "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku. It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwashima

Kuwako Japanese
Kuwa means "mulberry tree" and ko means "child, sign of the rat, first of the Chinese zodiac."

Kuwamoto Japanese
Kuwamoto/桑元 = Mulberry Origin/Book

Kuwano Japanese

Kuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuwashima Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima (島) means "island". It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwajima

Kuwata Japanese

Kuwata Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuwatani Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" combined with 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". A notable bearer of this surname is Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷 夏子), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Ryōko Asakura from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Alph from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

Kuwawara Japanese

Kuwaya Japanese

Kuwayama Japanese

Kuwayama Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kuyuko Japanese (Rare)

Kuze Japanese
Ku means "long time ago" and ze comes from ze meaning "world".

Kuzome Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久染 (see Hisazome).

Kyoda Japanese

Kyogoku Japanese

Kyoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 京 (kyo) meaning "capital" and 口 (guchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Kyohoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyōnō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皛 (kyō) of unknown meaning and 納 (nō) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".

Kyono Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 皛納 (see Kyōnō).

Kyōō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city" and 応 (ō) meaning "to comply; to respond; to accord".

Kyoo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyosaku Japanese

Kyoso Japanese
From Japanese 狂 (kyō) meaning "madness" and 想 (sō) meaning "thought, idea". The kanji that makes up Kyoso can also mean "fantasy".

Kyota Japanese

Kyoto Japanese
From place name Kyoto.

Kyouou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyousaku Japanese

Kyugoku Japanese
A variant of Kyogoku.

Kyuno Japanese

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Mabe Japanese
Variant reading of Umabe.

Machi Japanese (Rare)
町 (machi) means 'town' or 'street'. Some occurrences in America could be shortened versions of longer names beginning with this element, not common in Japan.

Machida Japanese
From Japanese 町 (machi) meaning "town" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Machita Japanese
Variant of Machida.

Madarame Japanese
From Japanese 斑 (madara) meaning "speckled, spot, blemish" and 目 (me) meaning "eye"

Maebara Japanese
Maebara is an uncommon Japanese surname that has more than one meaning, depending on the characters used to write it. The first and most common spelling is with the characters for "Before" (前) and "Original" (原)... [more]

Maegawa Japanese
A variant of Maekawa.... [more]

Maehara Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Maejima Japanese
Mae means "Front, Forward" and Jima means "Island". This is a variant of Maeshima.

Maejima Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Maematsu Japanese
Mae means "forward, front" and matsu means "pine".

Maemondo Japanese

Maeno Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 野 (no) meaning "area, field, wilderness".

Maesawa Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Maeshima Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and shima means "island".

Maeta Japanese
Variant of Maeda.

Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Maezawa Japanese
Variant of Maesawa.

Maezono Japanese

Mafune Japanese
From 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 船 or 舟 (fune) meaning "ship, boat".

Maga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).

Magari Japanese

Maizono Japanese
maizono means "dance park". the kanji used are 舞(mai) meaning "dance" and 園 (sono) meaning "park".... [more]

Majima Japanese (Rare)
Ma means "Real,Genuine" (this is used most likely,anyway) and Jima means "Island".

Maka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulation".

Makabe Japanese

Makida Japanese

Makie Japanese

Makiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepard" and 口 (guchi) meaning "mouth, opening".

Makihara Japanese
From Japanese 槙 (maki) meaning "evergreen tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Makijima Japanese
Variant of Makishima.

Makimura Japanese
Maki can mean (牧) "shepherd" and mura can be spelled like this (村) meaning "hamlet, village".

Makino Japanese
Makino means "shepherd" and no means "wilderness, field".

Makino Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Makioka Japanese
Maki means "shepherd" and oka means "hill, mound".

Makishima Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepard" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Makishita Japanese

Makita Japanese
I'm not sure how the surname is usually written, but 真 (Ma) means "Genuine, Real, Sincere" and 北 (Kita) means "North". On the other hand, 牧 (Maki) means "Shepard, Tend cattle" and 田 (Ta) means "Rice Field, Rice Paddy"... [more]

Makiue Japanese (Rare)

Makka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).

Makuuchi Japanese

Mamiya Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, genuine" or 茉 (ma) meaning "Arabian jasmine, white jasmine" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Mamyoda Japanese

Mamyota Japanese

Man Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).

Manabe Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 間 (ma) meaning "among, between" and 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, pan" or 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Manaka Japanese
This surname combines 真 (shin, ma, ma-, makoto) meaning "Buddhist sect, reality, true" or 間 (kan, ken, ai, aida, ma) meaning "interval, space" with 中 (chuu, ata.ru, uchi, naka) meaning "centre, in(side), mean, middle" or 仲 (chuu, naka) meaning "go-between, relationship."... [more]

Manaka Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 (see Naka).

Mankoku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 万国 (see Bankoku).

Mano Japanese

Mano Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Mari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鞠 (mari) meaning a type of ancient football used by courtiers.

Marina Japanese

Maru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).

Marubayashi Japanese

Marugai Japanese

Marugaya Japanese

Marui Japanese
"Round well".

Maruki Japanese

Maruno Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Maruoka Japanese

Marutani Japanese

Maruya Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Maruyama Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Masaaji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Masaami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Masada Japanese

Masaki Japanese
Surname of Japanese origin meaning "true blossoms" which comes from combing 真 (ma) meaning "true, genuine" with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".

Masaki Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Masaki Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Masamoto Japanese (Rare)
Masa means "proper, right" and moto meabs "source, root, origin".

Masaoka Japanese
Masa means "right, proper" and oka means "hill, mound".

Masata Japanese

Masatani Japanese

Masato Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper", 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" or 真 (masa) meaning "real, genuine, true" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other combinations of kanji that have the same pronunciation can also form this name... [more]

Mase Japanese
From Japanese 間 (ma) meaning "among, between" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Mase Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Maseki Japanese

Mashima Japanese
Ma can mean "real, genuine, true" or "flax" and shima means "island".

Mashimo Japanese
From the Japanese 真 (ma) "real" and 下 (shimo or shita) "down," "bottom."

Masuda Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase", 益 (masu) meaning "benefit", 舛 (masu) meaning "oppose, to go against" (kun reading), 桝 (masu) meaning "box seat, measure" or 升 (masu) meaning "box" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Masuda Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Masuda Japanese
From Japanese 益 (masu) meaning "profit, benefit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Masugi Japanese

Masuho Japanese

Masui Japanese
Notably carried by the Japanese baseball player Hirotoshi Masui.

Masui Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Masumoto Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Masunaga Japanese

Masuo Japanese

Masuta Japanese

Masuyama Japanese
From the Japanese 増 (masu) "increase," 益 (masu) "benefit," 桝 (masu) "box seat," "measure" or 升 (masu) "box" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Matake Japanese
Ma means "genuine" and take means "bamboo".

Mato Japanese

Matoba Japanese
From Japanese 的 (mato) meaning "target, mark" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Matoi Japanese

Matsu Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Matsubari Japanese

Matsubase Japanese (Rare)

Matsubayashi Japanese
Matsu means "Pine Tree" and Bayashi is a variant pronunciation of "Hayashi" meaning "Forest". This surname means "Pine Tree Forest". Matsubayashi-ryu is a kind of martial arts.

Matsudaira Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, calm".

Matsudo Japanese

Matsudou Japanese

Matsue Japanese

Matsueda Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and eda means "twig, branch".

Matsugawa Japanese
Variant of Matsukawa, meaning "pine tree river".

Matsugi Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 継 (tsugi) meaning "inherit, acquire, succeed, continue".

Matsuhashi Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 橋 (hashi) means "bridge".

Matsuhashi Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Matsui Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Matsui Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Matsukata Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 方 (kata) meaning "direction".

Matsukawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Matsukaze Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind". A notable bearer of this surname is Japanese actor Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也).

Matsuki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Matsukura Japanese
Matsu means "pine tree" and kura means "storehouse".

Matsumae Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 前 (mae) means "forward, front".

Matsumori Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and mori means "forest".

Matsunaga Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Matsunawa Japanese

Matsuno Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Matsuo Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Matsusaki Japanese

Matsuse Japanese

Matsushima Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Matsuura Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Matsuwaki Japanese

Matsuwara Japanese
Variant of Matsuhara.

Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Matsuyuki Japanese
Matsu (松) means "pine" and yuki (雪) means "snow". ... [more]

Matsuzaka Japanese
Variant of Matsusaka.

Matsuzaki Japanese
Japanese: ‘pine tree cape’. This name is found mostly in both the Tōkyō area and on the island of Kyūshū, where it is pronounced Matsusaki.

Matsuzaki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Matsuzawa Japanese
Variant of Matsusawa.

Matsuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mawari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri).

Mawatari Japanese
From the Japanese 馬 (ma, uma or ba) "horse" and 渡 (watari or wata) "ferry" or ferryboat."

Mayonaka Japanese
Means "Midnight" in Japanese

Mayumi Japanese

Mayuzumi Japanese
The Japanese surname "Mayuzumi" (黛) is a compound of two kanji characters. "Mayu" (黛) means "eyebrow," and "zumi" (積) means "stack" or "accumulate." So, "Mayuzumi" could be interpreted as "stack of eyebrows" or "accumulation of eyebrows." It's a poetic and picturesque surname with potential connotations related to physical appearance or perhaps even an ancestral association with something related to eyebrows.

Mazaki Japanese
A surname of Japanese origin meaning "cape of truth" which comes from combing 真 (ma) meaning "true, genuine" with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A notable bearer of this surname is Anzu Mazaki/Téa Gardner from Yu-Gi-Oh!

Meguri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 廻 (meguri), from 廻り (meguri) meaning "transport route, regular visit". This is the name of a former village in the district of Aira in the former Japanese province of Ōsumi in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Meguri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 巡 (Meguri), a clipping of 巡谷 (Meguriya) meaning "Meguriya", a division in the division of Nakada in the area of Aiga in the city of Sumoto in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.

Meguro Japanese

Meguro Japanese
From Japanese 目 (me) meaning "eye, look, appearance" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".

Meichin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 明珍 or 明珎 (see Myōchin).

Mezurashi Japanese (Rare)
Means "rare" in Japanese.

Mezurashi Japanese
Means "rare; strange" in Japanese.

Michida Japanese
Michi means "path, road" and da means field, rice paddy".

Michikiyo Japanese
Michi means "path, road" and kiyo means "pure, clean".... [more]

Michishige Japanese
From Japanese 道 (michi) meaning "road" and 重 (shige) meaning "greater degree"

Michita Japanese
Variant of Michida.

Michiyama Japanese
Michi means "path" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Michizoe Japanese
From the Japanese 道 (michi) "road," "way," "path" and 添 (zoe or soe) "addition," "add-on," "improvememnt."

Mida Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Mido Japanese

Midoh Japanese

Midōmaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), a prefix added to emphasize beauty, 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, sphere", referring to a round land.

Midomaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Midorigawa Japanese
A variant of Midorikawa.

Midorikawa Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Midorino Japanese
Midori means "green" and no means "field, plain".

Midoriya Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Combination of 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," used on the main character Izuku Midoriya (緑谷 出久) in 'My Hero Academia'.... [more]

Midou Japanese

Midoumaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Mieda Japanese

Mieno Japanese

Mifune Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 御 (mi) meaning "honourable" and 船 or 舟 (fune) meaning "ship, boat".

Mihara Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mijima Japanese
Variant of Mishima.

Mikage Japanese

Mikami Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Mikawa Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".

Mike Japanese

Mike Japanese

Miki Japanese
Miki means "three" and ki means "tree". ... [more]

Miki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Mikiso Japanese

Mikumo Japanese
Mi can mean "beautiful" or "three" and kumo means "cloud".

Mimana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.

Mimori Japanese

Mimura Japanese

Mimura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Minagawa Japanese
Variant of Minakawa.

Minakami Japanese
From the 水 (mina) meaning "water" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper". 水上 is often pronounced suijou, and it means "seaplane" in Japanese.

Minakata Japanese

Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Minami Japanese
From the Japanese "皆" (Mina) meaning "all" and "実" (mi) meaning "fruit", as well as other kanji and kanji combinations that are pronounced in the same way.

Minamide Japanese

Minamihisamatsu Japanese

Minamino Japanese
From Japanese 南 (minami) meaning "south" and 野 (no) meaning "field".

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Minamishima Japanese

Minamizawa Japanese
Variant of Minamisawa.

Minamoto Japanese
From 源 (minamoto) meaning "fountainhead, river source; source, origin," derived from a combination of 水 (mi), the combining form of mizu meaning "water," and 元/本 (moto) meaning "source, origin" with the addition of the Old Japanese possessive particle na.... [more]

Minari Japanese

Minaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).

Minato Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour".

Minatosaki Japanese
Variant reading of Minatozaki.

Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "assemble" combined with 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".

Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
Means "port cape" in Japanese.

Mine Japanese
This surname is used as 岑, 峯, 峰, 嶺, 三根, 美根, 美祢, 美禰 or 見根 with 岑 (gin, shin, mine), an outdated character meaning "mountaintop, peak," 峯/峰 (hou, ne, mine) meaning "peak, summit," 嶺 (ryou, rei, mine) meaning with the same meaning as 峯/峰, 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three," 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty/iful," 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible," 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 祢/禰 (dei, nai, ne) meaning "ancestral shrine."... [more]

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 or 峰 (mine) meaning "peak, summit, ridge" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Mineharu Japanese

Minematsu Japanese

Mineo Japanese
Mine means "peak" and i means "tail".

Mineta Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Mino Japanese

Minoda Japanese

Minojima Japanese
Variant of Minoshima.

Minoshima Japanese
Mi means "beauty", no is a possessive particle, and shima means "island".

Minota Japanese

Minowa Japanese

Mio Japanese
"Three tails."

Mioda Japanese
mioda means "water route field". the kanji used for this name are 澪(mio,rei) meaning " water route" and 田(ta) meaning "field". a bearer of this name is Ibuki Mioda from Danganronpa 2.

Miota Japanese

Mirako Japanese

Misaka Japanese (Modern)
This name is from Japanese anime A Certain Scientific Railgun's protagonist.

Misaki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Misato Japanese

Misawa Japanese
Mi could mean "three" or "beautiful", and sawa means "swamp, marsh, wetland".

Misawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Misayoshi Japanese

Mise Japanese

Mishima Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Miso Japanese (Rare)
Miso is made up of two symbols literally referring to "miso soup". Approximately less than 140 people in Japan possess this last name.

Misora Japanese
Mi means "beautiful" and sora means "sky, heaven".

Misumi Japanese
Mi means "three" and sumi can mean "dwelling, residence, abode" or "corner, nook".

Mita Japanese
Meaning ‘three rice paddies’, the name is more common in eastern Japan. It is also pronounced Santa or Sanda in western Japan.

Mita Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mitakeumi Japanese

Mitama Japanese

Mitamura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Mitani Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Mitarai Japanese
From Japanese 御手洗 (mitarai) referring to purifying water at the entrance of a shrine.

Mito Japanese

Mitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitoma Japanese

Mitomi Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".

Mitomi Japanese

Mitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitsubori Japanese
Variant of Mitsuhori.

Mitsuda Japanese

Mitsue Japanese
This surname is used as 光永, 光江, 三枝, 満江, 三ツ江 or 三津江 with 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru, mitsu) meaning "light, ray", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 永 (ei, naga.i, e) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy", 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb" and 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port."... [more]

Mitsugi Japanese
This surname is used as 貢, 三木, 三ツ木, 三津木, 三樹, 三次, 参木, 満木, 見次, 身次 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port", 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood", 樹 (juu, ki) meaning "timber trees, wood", 参 (san, shin, mai-, mai.ru, majiwaru, mitsu) meaning "be defeated, be madly in love, coming, die, going, nonplussed, three, visit, visiting", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible", 身 (shin, mi) meaning "one's station in life, person, somebody", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Mitsugoku Japanese

Mitsugu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 貢, 三次, 三続 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 続 (kyou, kou, shoku, zou, tsugu.nai, tsudzu.ku, tsudzu.keru) meaning "continue, sequel, series", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Mitsuhashi Japanese
Mitsu means "three" and hashi means "bridge".

Mitsui Japanese
From the Japanese 三 (mi or san) and 井 (i) "well." The grammatical and phonetic add-on ツ (tsu) is not always included in this name's spelling.

Mitsujima Japanese
Variant of Mitsushima.

Mitsukawa Japanese

Mitsuki Japanese

Mitsukura Japanese

Mitsumata Japanese

Mitsumatsu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".

Mitsunaga Japanese

Mitsushima Japanese
Mitsu could mean "three" or "light" and shima means "island".

Mitsutani Japanese
Mitsu means "light" or "three" and tani means "valley".... [more]

Mitsuyasu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and yasu means "cheap, relax, peace".

Miwa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

Miwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Miya Japanese
The name could mean ‘three arrows’, ‘three valleys’ or ‘shrine’, the latter being the most common. Some occurrences in America are the result of shortening longer names.