Japanese Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the language is Japanese.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Nikaidō Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", 階 (kai) meaning "floor, storey" and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".
Nimura Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Ninomiya Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", ノ (no), a possessive marker, and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Nioka Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Nippon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.
Nirehara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.
Nishi Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
Nishibayashi Japanese
From 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest, woods, grove".
Nishibe Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Nishida Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Nishidate Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 舘 (tate) meaning "mansion, large building, palace".
Nishiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Nishihara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, field, plain, wilderness".
Nishii Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Nishimaki Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle" or 巻 (maki) meaning "winding, rolling"..
Nishimiya Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Nishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
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".
Nishinohara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野原 (nohara) meaning "grass field".
Nishio Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Nishioka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Nishisawa Japanese
Nishi means "west" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Nishishima Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
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".
Nishiyasu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium". The fact that it is homographic as Japanese 西安 (Shīan) meaning "Xi'an", a city in Shaanxi, China, is coincidental.
Nishizaki Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Nishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Nitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.
Nitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.
Niwa Japanese
Means "garden" in Japanese.
Niwa Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (ni) meaning "cinnabar, red" and 羽 (wa) meaning "feather, plume, wing".
Niwano Japanese
From niwa and no.
No Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納 (see ).
Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Nobe Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field, wilderness" and 邊 (be) meaning "general area, place, vicinity".
Nobira Japanese
From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."
Nobunaga Japanese
Nobu means "trust, believe" and naga means "long, cheif".... [more]
Nōda Japanese
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", possibly referring to a place with rice paddies or cultivated fields.
Noda Japanese
Combination of the kanji 野 (no, "area, field, hidden part of a structure; wild, rustic") and 田 (ta, "rice paddy, field"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦; b. 1957).
Noda Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).
Nogami Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".
Nogita Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".
Noh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納 (see ).
Nohara Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Nohda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).
Noji Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 地 (ji) meaning "earth, land, dirt".
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".
Nomi Japanese
From the Japanese possessive particle 乃 (no) and 美 (mi) "beauty."
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".
Nomori Japanese (?)
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Nomoto Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".
Nomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Nonaka Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Nonomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".
Nonoyama Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Norimine Japanese
Possibly from 儀 (nori) meaning "rites, ceremonies" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".
Noro Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 呂 (ro) meaning "spine, backbone".
Nōsawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).
Nosawa Japanese
No means "field, plain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Nosawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōsawa).
Nose Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Nose Japanese
From Japanese 能 (no) meaning "ability, talent, skill" and 勢 (se) meaning "force, energy, strength".
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."
Nota Japanese
Variant of Noda meaning "field, rice paddy".
Noto Japanese
No means "wilderness, field, plain" and to means "wisteria" or "door".
Notoh Japanese
Variant of Noto.
Notou Japanese
Variant of Noto.
Nou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納 (see ).
Nouda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).
Noyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 野 meaning "Field", and 山 meaning "Mountain".
Nozaki Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.
Nozawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).
Nozoe Japanese
Possibly from 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 末 (soe) meaning "end, tip, conclusion, final".
Nukufuyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nukutō.
Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 貫 (nuku) meaning "pierce; go through" and 渡 (to) meaning "go across, migrate".
Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading or transcription of Nukutō.
Nukutō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 抽く (nuku) meaning "to pull out; to draw out" and 冬 () meaning "winter".
Numa Japanese
Numa means "marsh, swamp".
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".
Numata Japanese
From Japanese 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Nureki Japanese
From 濡 (nu, nure) meaning "wet" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Nushiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主代 (nushiro), a contraction of 主代 (nushishiro), from 主 (nushi), a variant reading of 主 (shu), a clipping of 主人 (shujin) meaning "master, owner, host" and 代 (shiro), a variant reading of 代 (dai), a clipping of 代理 (dairi) meaning "surrogation; proxy", referring to someone who would represent their master.
Nushishiro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).
Nushiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).
O Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Ō).
Ō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Oku.
Ōba Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".
Oba Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大場 (see Ōba).
Obama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".
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.
Obata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 畑 (hata) meaning "field".
Obata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner".
Obata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小八田 (see Kobata).
Ōbayashi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Obayashi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大林 (see Ōbayashi).
Obinaga Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 帯 (obi) meaning "sash; belt" and 長 (naga), the root form of 長い (nagai) meaning "long; lengthy".... [more]
Obuchi Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (o, "small") and 渕 (淵, fuchi, "abyss, edge"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi (小渕 恵三; 1937–2000).
Ochiai Japanese
From Japanese 落 (ochi) meaning "fall, leave behind, drop" and 合 (ai) meaning "fit, suit, join".
Ochitani Japanese
From 落 (ochi) meaning "fall, leave behind, drop" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Ochiya Japanese
A variant of Ochitani.
Oda Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (o) "small," 尾 (o) "tail" or 織 (o) "fabric," "material," "cloth" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."... [more]
Odajima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Odaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".
Odate Japanese
O means "big, great" and date is a form of tate, which could mean "stand, rise".
Odo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小土 (see Kodzuchi).
Ōe Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".
Oe Japanese
O means "big, great" and e means "inlet, shore".
Oe Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大江 (see Ōe).
Ōga Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 淡河, 王賀 or 相賀 with 淡 (tan, awa.i) meaning "faint, fleeting, pale, thin," 河 (ka, kawa) meaning "river," 王 (ou, -nou) meaning "king, magnate, rule," 相 (shou, sou, ai-, ou) meaning "aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy."... [more]
Ogai Japanese
Variant of Otani.
Ōgami Japanese
From Japanese 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "large, great", 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan-, kou-) meaning "god, deity", 上 (shan, shou, jou, a.gari, a.garu, a.geru, ue, -ue, uwa-, kami, nobo.su, nobo.seru, nobo.ri, nobo.ru, yo.su) meaning "above, up", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy" and 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty, beautiful".
Ogami Japanese
This surname is used as 拝, 小上, 小神, 尾上, 尾神, 男神 with 拝 (hai, oga.mu, oroga.mu) meaning "adore, pray to, worship," 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small," 尾 (bi, o) meaning "end, tail," 男 (dan, nan, o, otoko) meaning "male," 上 (shan, shou, jou, a.gari, a.garu, a.geru, ue, -ue, uwa-, kami, nobo.su, nobo.seru, nobo.ri, nobo.ru, yo.su) meaning "above, up" and 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan-, kou-) meaning "gods, mind, soul."
Ogasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".
Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小笠原 (Ogasawara) meaning "Ogasawara", a former village in the former district of Koma in the former Japanese province of Kai in parts of present-day Yamanashi, Japan.
Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "thread" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, way, method".
Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end" and 形 (kata) meaning "shape, form".
Ogawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Ogaya Japanese
Variant of Otani.
Ogihara Japanese
Ogi means "reed, rush" and hara means "field, plain".
Ogino Japanese
Variant of Okino.
Ogino Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Ogiwara Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".
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.
Ōgushi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 串 (kushi) meaning "skewer, spit".
Ogushi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大串 (see Ōgushi).
Oh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Ō).
Ōhama Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".
Ōhara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ohara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ōhashi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Ohashi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōhashi.
Ohayashi Japanese
This is the less common variant of Kobayashi.
Ohda Japanese
Variant transcription of Oda.
Ohe Japanese
Variant transcription of Oe.
Ohguro Japanese
Variant transcription of Oguro.
Ohi Japanese
Variant of Oi.
Ōhira Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".
Ohira Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大平 (see Ōhira).
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.
Ohman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).
Ohmori Japanese
Variant of Omori.
Ohmura Japanese
Variant transcription of Omura.
Ohno Japanese
From 大 (meaning large) and 野 (meaning field).
Ohori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) meaning "large, great, big" and 堀 (hori) meaning "canal, moat."
Ohsawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Osawa.
Ohshima Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshima.
Ohsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Osuka.
Ohtani Japanese
Variant transcription of Ootani.
Ohto Japanese
Variant transcription of Oto.
Ohtsu Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsu.
Ohtsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuka.
Ohtsuki Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuki.
Ohwada Japanese
Variant transcription of Owada.
Ohyagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Oyagi.
Oi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 井 (i) meaning "well, spring".
Oikawa Japanese
From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ōishi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Oishi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōishi.
Ōiwa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大岩 (see Ōiwa).
Ojima Japanese
Variant of Oshima.
Ojiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail" and 白 (jiro) meaning "white"
Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".
Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Okai Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Okamizu Japanese
From 岡 (oka) meaning "hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Ōkano Japanese
Surname of Japanese origin meaning "cherry blossom flower field".
Okano Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".
Okasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".
Okasaki Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and saki means "cape, promontory peninsula".
Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
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".
Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."
Okawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大川 (see Ōkawa).
Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".
Okawara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河原 (see Ōkawara).
Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Okayasu Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet".