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.
Tsuburaya Japanese
From Japanese 円 (tsubura) meaning "circle, round" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Tsuchida Japanese
From the Japanese 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil," 槌 (tsuchi) "mallet" or 津 (tsu) "harbour" and 知 (chi) "wisdom," "intellect" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (da or ta) "many."
Tsuchii Japanese
A variant reading of Doi.
Tsuchiya Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Tsuchiyama Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Other Kanji combinations are possible.
Tsuda Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tsudzuki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲 (see Naka).
Tsudzumi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as either 鼓 or 都積 with 鼓 (ko, tsudzumi) meaning "beat, drum, muster, rouse", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis" and 積 (seki, tsu.mu, tsu.mori, tsu.moru, -dzu.mi) meaning "acreage, amass, contents, load, pile, up, stack, volume."... [more]
Tsudzuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is be used as 綴 (getsu, tei, techi, tetsu, sumi.yaka, tsudzuri, tsudzu.ru, to.jiru) meaning "bind (books), compose, spell, write."... [more]
Tsuga Japanese
Tsu means "seaport, harbor" and ga could come from ka meaning "congratulation" or "add, increase".
Tsugaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbor" and 軽 (garu) meaning "light".... [more]
Tsugawa Japanese
From 津 (tsu) meaning "ferry, port, harbor" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Tsuge Japanese
From the Japanese 告 (tsuge) "tell."
Tsugu Japanese (Rare)
Taugu means "sucession, inherit, continue".
Tsugue Japanese
Tsu means "harbor, seaport", gu comes from ku meaning "longevity, long time ago", and e means "family, house, residence".
Tsuguno Japanese
Tsugu means "inherit, sucession" and no means "field, wilderness".
Tsuihiji Japanese
Tsuihiji (対比地) is translated as (vis-a-vis; opposite; even; equal; versus; anti-; compare | compare; race; ratio; Philippines | ground; earth) and could be directly translated as "Contrasting Ground"
Tsuji Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad".
Tsujibayashi Japanese
From 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad, intersection" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "woods, grove".
Tsujihara Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 原 (hara, bara or wara) "field," "plain," "original."
Tsujii Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 井 (i) "well."
Tsujimoto Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Tsujimura Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Tsujino Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 野 (no) meaning "field, civilian".
Tsujita Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."
Tsujiura Japanese (Rare)
Tsuji means "crossroad" and ura means "bay, coast". ... [more]
Tsukada Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tsukamoto Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄 (tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Tsukasa Japanese
From Japanese 司 (tsukasa) meaning "official; director; manager".... [more]
Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宰務 (see Saimu).
Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound; hillock; tumulus" and 狭 (sa) meaning "narrow; small", referring to a cramped up area with a small hill.
Tsukauchi Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside, within"
Tsukida Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 舂田 (see Tsukita).
Tsukigata Japanese
月 (Tsuki) means "month, moon" and 形 (gata) means "shape, form, type".
Tsukihara Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning means "moon, month" and 原 (hara) means "origin, source, foundation".
Tsukii Japanese
Tsuki means "moon, month" and i means "well, mineshaft."
Tsukijishin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 築地新 (Tsukijishin) meaning "Tsukijishin", a name of a group of several households for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Tsukimi Japanese
From 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month" and 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset". ... [more]
Tsukimoto Japanese
月 (Tsuki) means "moon, month" and 本 (moto) meets "origin, root, source".
Tsukino Japanese
Means ''of the moon'' in Japanese. A famous bearer of this surname would be Usagi Tsukino in the show Sailor Moon.
Tsukinomiya Japanese
Tsuki means "moon, month", no is a possesive article, and miya means "shrine".
Tsukioka Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge". A notable bearer of this surname was Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年, 1839–1892), a Japanese artist who is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
Tsukishima Japanese
The character 月 means moon or month, and is pronounced “tsuki.” The character 島 means island and is pronounced either “shima” or “jima.”
Tsukishiro Japanese
Tsuki means "month, moon" and shiro means "castle".
Tsukita Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 舂 (tsuki), from 舂き (tsuki), the continuative form of 舂く (tsuku) meaning "to grind with a mortar" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy field", referring to a rice paddy field where they would grind grain with mortars.
Tsukiyama Japanese
From Japanese 築 (tsuki) meaning "fabricate, build, construct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Tsukiyomi Japanese
Means 'moon god' or something like that.
Tsukune Japanese (Rare)
Possibly from 築 (tsuku) meaning "construction, building" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, basis, foundation".
Tsukushi Japanese
Tsukushi means "horsetail plant". It is also a given name.
Tsumiki Japanese
Tsu could mean "harbor, seaport", mi could mean "sign of the snake, ego, I, myself" and ki means "tree, wood".
Tsumura Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Tsumuraya Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour", 村 (mura) meaning "town, village", and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Tsunami Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波 (nami) meaning "wave".
Tsunashima Japanese
From Japanese 綱 (tsuna) meaning "rope, cable, cord" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Tsunedomi Japanese
From 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, always, regular, bow", combined with 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance, riches".
Tsunekawa Japanese
From Japanese 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, persistent" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Tsunematsu Japanese
From the Japanese 恒 (tsune) "constant" or 常 (tsune) "always" and 松 (matsu) "pine tree."
Tsunemi Japanese
Tsune can mean "constant" or "always" and mi means "see, outlook, viewpoint" .
Tsunogae Japanese
Tsuno means "corner, point" and gae is a form of kae meaning "substitute, exchange".... [more]
Tsunoi Japanese
From the Japanese 角 (tsuno) "horn" and 井 (i) "well."
Tsuru Japanese
From 都 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port" and 留 (ru) meaning "detain, halt, stop, cease".
Tsurubami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鶴喰 (Tsurubami) meaning "Tsurubami", an area in the city of Rokunohe in the district of Kamikita in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [more]
Tsurube Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Kinoshi.
Tsuruga Japanese
From Japanese 敦 (tsuru) meaning "kindness, honesty" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Tsurugi Japanese
Means “crane” in Japanese
Tsuruhami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鶴喰 (see Tsurubami).
Tsuruhashi Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane" combined with 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Tsuruki Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) "crane (bird)" and 木 (ki) "tree, wood".
Tsurumaki Japanese
From Japanese 弦 (tsuru) meaning "bowstring, chord" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, volume".
Tsuruoka Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Tsuruta Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tsuryu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).
Tsuryū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 釣 (tsu), from 釣り (tsuri) meaning "fishing; angling" and 流 (ryū) meaning "flow of water, style", referring to a fisher.... [more]
Tsuryuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).
Tsuryuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).
Tsutsui Japanese
A notable bearer is Julie Tsutsui, a producer.
Tsutsumi Japanese
From the Japanese 堤 (tsutsumi) "river, embankment, riverbank."
Tsuyuki Japanese
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dewdrop" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Tsuyumine Japanese
From 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dewdrop" and 峰 (mine) meaning "summit, peak".
Tsuyumoto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dew; dewdrop" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".
Tsuzuki Japanese
From the Japanese 都 (tsu) "metropolis," "capital" and 築 (zuki) "since construction."
Tsuzuki Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 仲 (see Tsudzuki).
Tsuzuno Japanese
Tsuzu means "Twenty" and No means "Feild, Wilderness".
Tsuzurugi Japanese (Rare)
From 綴 (tsuzuru) meaning "bind, compose, spell, write" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Uba Japanese
From Japanese 姥 (Uba) meaning "Uba", a division in the division of Akougi in the area of Kasasa in the city of Minamisatsuma in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
Ubukata Japanese
From 生 (ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".
Ubushiro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天宮城 (see Ugushiro).
Uchiai Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and ai means "together, join", "indigo" or "love, affection".
Uchida Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Uchide Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".
Uchiha Japanese
This is the last name of the anime character, Uchiha Sasuke.
Uchihara Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Uchihashi Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and hashi means "bridge".
Uchii Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Uchima Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".
Uchino Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".
Uchio Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot of the mountain, end".
Uchisawa Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Uchiumi Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and umi means "sea, ocean".
Uda Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Udagawa Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Udo Japanese
From 有 (u) meaning "posession, existing, having" and 働 (do) meaning "work, labor, toil."
Uebara Japanese
Variant of Uehara.... [more]
Uebayashi Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Uekawa Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ueki Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Uekusa Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herb".
Uematsu Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Uemoto Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Uemura Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" or 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Uenosono Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above", ノ or の (no) being a possessive particle, and 園 (sono) meaning "garden, plantation, orchard".
Ueoka Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Uesaka Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and saka means "hill, slope".... [more]
Ueshita Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and shita means "below, under".
Ueta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueda.
Ueto Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".
Uetsuka Japanese
Ue means "above, upper" and tsuka means "mound".
Uewara Japanese
Variant of Uehara.... [more]
Ueyama Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Ueyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Ugumori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鵜久森 (Ugumori) meaning "Ugumori", a division in the area of Miyakubo in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.... [more]
Ugushiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天宮城 (Ugushiro) meaning "Ugu Castle", a castle that was possibly somewhere in the present-day city of Fukuyama in the prefecture of Hiroshima in Japan.
Ujiie Japanese
From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".
Ukai Japanese
From Japanese 鵜 (u) meaning "cormorant (a type of bird)" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".
Ukiyo Japanese (Rare)
From 浮世 (ukiyo) meaning "fleeting life, floating world​," referring to the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period (1603-1868) Japan.... [more]
Ukumori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鵜久森 (see Ugumori).
Umabe Japanese
From Japanese 馬部 (umabe), a shortened word for 馬飼部 (umakaibe) meaning "horse feeding department".
Umajiri Japanese (Rare)
Uma means "horse" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".
Umakoshi Japanese
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse" and 越 (koshi) meaning "pass, through, over".
Umanodan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse", ノ (no), a possessive particle, and 段 (dan) meaning "step", referring to a place with horses and a stepped landscape.... [more]
Umebayashi Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "Japanese apricot, plum" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "woods, grove". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Umeda Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Umegaki Japanese
From Japanese 梅 or 楳 (ume) meaning "prunus mume" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", referring to a fence with a family crest of prunus mume patterns.
Umehana Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 花 (hana, ka) meaning "flower, blossom".
Umehara Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Umekawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".
Umeki Japanese
"Plum tree".
Umekita Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".
Umemoto Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Umemura Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Umeno Japanese
Ume means "plum" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Umesaki Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Umesawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Umezawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Umezu Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbour".
Umon Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]
Unabara Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".
Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".
Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (Unagi) meaning "Unagi", a division in the area of Yamagawanarikawa in the city of Ibusuki in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (unagi) meaning "eel".
Unaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).
Unami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".
Unno Japanese
From Japanese 海 (un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Uno Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".
Urahane Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and hane means "feather, plume".
Urahata Japanese
Ura means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".
Urai Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Uramoto Japanese
From 浦 (ura) meaning "seacoast, bay" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root". ... [more]
Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".
Urasaki Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Urasawa Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Urata Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Uratsuji Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"
Urayama Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Urushihara Japanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "lacquer/lacker, varnish" and 原 (hara) means "plain, field".
Urushimakka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "toxicodendron vernicifluum", 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.
Urushimatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 漆眞下 (see Urushimakka).
Urushino Japanese
Urushi means "lacker/lacquer" and no means "field, plain".
Urushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Urushizaki Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 崎/﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Usami Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, roof", 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".
Ushida Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ushijima Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Ushio Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Ushisawa Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".
Ushishima Japanese
Ushi means "cow, bull, ox, second sign of the Chinese zodiac" and shima means "island".
Ushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Ushiyama is an area in the city of Kasugai, Japan.
Usui Japanese
From Japanese 臼 (usu) meaning "millstone, mortar" or 碓 (usu) meaning "pestle" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Utagawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and Gawa comes from Kawa, meaning "river".
Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".
Utamura Japanese
Uta means "song, poem" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Utsugi Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]
Utsunomiya Japanese
This surname is used as either 宇都宮 or 宇津宮 with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]
Utsunomiya Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 都 (tsu) meaning "city", and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Uyeda Japanese
Variant of Ueda.
Uyehara Japanese
Variant transcription of Uehara.
Uyeno Japanese
Variant of Ueno.
Uyesugi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上杉 (see Uesugi).
Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.
Uzaki Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese, 宇 (u) meaning "world, universe, space" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A fictional bearer of this surname is Hana Uzaki (宇崎 花) from Uzaki~chan Wants to Hang Out! (宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい!).
Uzumaki Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 渦 (ka, uzu) meaning "eddy, vortex, whirlpool" or 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick" with 巻 (kan, ken, maki, ma.ki, ma.ku) meaning "book, coil, part, roll up, scroll, tie, volume, wind up."... [more]
Vatanabe Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Watanabe more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Waga Japanese
Waga means "young".
Wagahara Japanese
Waga is possibly from waka meaning "young" and hara means "plain, field".
Wagatoki Japanese
Waga means "young" and toki means "time".
Wagatsuma Japanese
Waga mean "young" and tsuma means "wife".
Wajima Japanese
A variant of Washima.... [more]
Wakabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Wakai Japanese
Waka can mean "young" and i can mean "well, mineshaft, pit".
Wakaizumi Japanese
Waka means "young" and izumi means "fountain, springs".
Wakaki Japanese
若 (Waka) means "young" and 木 (ki) means "wood, tree".... [more]
Wakamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Wakamiya Japanese
Waka means "young" and miya means "shrine, palace, temple".