HoshinaJapanese It can be spelled with 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, mark, dot" and 奈 (na) meaning "name, noted, distinguished, reputation", or 保 (ho) meaning "protect", combined with 科 (shina, ka) meaning "department, technology".
HoshizoraJapanese (Rare) Hoshi (星) means "star", sora/zora (空) means "sky", this name literally means "starry sky". Sora changes to zora due to rendaku
HosodaJapanese From 細 (hoso) meaning "fine, thin, slender, narrow" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
HosodaJapanese From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
HosodakiJapanese (Rare) Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Daki (滝) means "waterfall". Daki is a variant of Taki and it changed the T to D due to rendaku. See also Hosotaki
HoteiJapanese This surname literally means "cloth bag". It is spelled with 布 (ho, fu, furu) meaning "cloth, rag, fabric" and 袋 (tei, dai, fukuru, bukuru) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".... [more]
IbukaJapanese From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well" and 深 (fuka) meaning "depth". A notable bearer of this surname was the Japanese industrialist Masaru Ibuka who is known for have been a co-founder of Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony (1908 – 1997).
IbukiJapanese It is written as 伊 (I) meaning "that one" and 吹 (buki) meaning "blow into".... [more]
IchibangaseJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 一番ヶ瀬 (Ichibangase), a clipping of 一番ヶ瀬上 (Ichibangasekami) or 一番ヶ瀬下 (Ichibangaseshimo), both divisions in the division of Haramaki in the area of Sefuri in the city of Kanzaki in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.... [more]
IchinomiyaJapanese This surname is used as 一宮, 一の宮, 一ノ宮, 一之宮 or 市之宮 with 一 (ichi, itsu, hito, hito.tsu) meaning "one," 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town," 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" or 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess."... [more]
IchinoseJapanese From japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "city", 一 (ichi) meaning "one", 之 (no) as in the particle の, and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids,current". ... [more]
IchinoseJapanese From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market", an unwritten possessive marker ノ (no), and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
IchinoseJapanese From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one", an unwritten possessive marker ノ (no), and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
IchinoshimeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 一住連 (Ichinoshime), from 一住連門 (Ichinoshimemon) a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
IchiokaJapanese From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill".
IchitomiJapanese (Rare) From either 市 (ichi) meaning "market, fair" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune."... [more]
IdoJapanese From Japanese 井門 (Ido) meaning "Ido", a former township in the former district of Ukena in the former Japanese province of Iyo in present-day Ehime, Japan.
IkariJapanese Means "anchor" in Japanese. When written in different kanji, it can also mean anger.
IkariJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 五十里 (Ikari) meaning "Ikari", a division in the town of Nyūzen in the district of Shimoniikawa in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan or an area in the city of Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.
IkeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 生 (Ike), a clipping of 生勝 (Ikegachi) meaning "Ikegachi", an area in the village of Uken in the district of Ōshima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
ImanishiJapanese From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
ImanoJapanese Ima means "now, present" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
ImaokaJapanese From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
ImariJapanese (Rare) This surname is used as 今利, 伊万里 or 伊萬里 with 今 (kon, kin, ima) meaning "now", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 万/萬 (ban, man, yorozu, ma) meaning "ten thousand/10,000" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village."... [more]
ImaruokaJapanese I means "that one, Italy", maru means "round, circle", and oka means "hill, ridge".
ImasekiJapanese Ima means "present, now" and seki means "frontier pass".
ImashiroJapanese From 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
ImataJapanese Ima means "now" and da means "field, rice paddy".
InazumaJapanese (Rare) This surname is used as 稲妻 which means "(flash of) lightning" (from 稲 (te, tou, ina-, ine) meaning "rice plant" and 妻 (sai, tsuma) meaning "spouse, wife").... [more]