Japanese Submitted Surnames

Kurauchi 倉内, 蔵内, 藏内, くらうち Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 蔵/藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kurebayashi 紅林 Japanese
From 紅 (kure) meaning "crimson, vivid red" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest, woods, grove".

Kuri 栗 Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Kuribara Japanese

Kuribashi Japanese
Variant of Kurihashi.

Kuribayashi 栗林, くりばやし Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kurida 栗田 Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kurigawa 栗川, くりがわ Japanese
The Surname "Kurigawa/Kurikawa" translates to "Chestnut River"

Kurihaba 栗幅, 栗巾, 栗幡, くりはば Japanese
栗幅 = chestnut | hanging scroll; width ... [more]

Kurihara 栗原, くりはら Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kurihashi Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurihayashi Japanese

Kurikara Japanese (Rare)
Kuri means "chestnut" and kara means "larch."

Kuriki 栗城, くりき Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".

Kurimida Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Kurimita Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Kurimoto Japanese
Kuri means "Chestnut" and Moto means "Origin, Source, Root".

Kurimoto 栗本, くりもと Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kurio Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and o means "tail".

Kurioka Japanese

Kurisu 栗栖, 栗須, 栗洲, くりす Japanese
This surname is used as 栗栖, 栗須, 栗洲 with 栗 (ri, ritsu, ononoku, kuri) meaning "chestnut", 栖 (sei, su.mu) meaning "cobweb, den, hive, nest, rookery", 須 (shu, su, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, mochi.iru, moto.meru) meaning "by all means, necessarily, ought" and 洲 (shuu, su, shima) meaning "continent, country, island, sandbar."... [more]

Kurita 栗田, くりた Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuritsuka Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Kuriwara Japanese

Kuriyama 栗山, くりやま Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kurizuka Japanese
A variant of Kuritsuka.... [more]

Kuroba 黒羽 Japanese
From the Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume."

Kurobashi Japanese
Variant of Kurohashi.

Kurobe 黒部, くろべ Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Kurobiru 畔蒜 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kurogi Japanese
Variant of Kuroki, Kuro means "Black" and Gi means "Tree, Wood".

Kurogiri 黒霧 Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 霧 (giri) meaning "mist"

Kurohashi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurohata Japanese

Kuroi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Kuroishi Japanese

Kuroita Japanese
Kuro means "black" and ita mean "board, plank".

Kurokawa 黒川, 黒河, クロカワ Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river."

Kuroko Japanese (Rare)
Kuro means "black" and ko means "child, sign of the rat". ... [more]

Kuromiya Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Miya means "Shrine".... [more]

Kuromusha 黒武者, くろむしゃ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 黒武者 (Kuromusha) meaning "Kuromusha", a division in the division of Urano in the area of Iriki in the city of Satsumasendai in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or 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.

Kurone 畔蒜 Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuronire 畔蒜 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuronishi 畔蒜 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuroniwa Japanese
Kuro means "black" and niwa means "garden".

Kurono Japanese
Kuro means "black" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kuronuma 黒沼 Japanese
Kuro means "black" and numa means "swamp".

Kuroo 黒尾 Japanese
From 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Kurosaka Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Kurosaki 黒崎, くろさき Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kurose Japanese
Kuro means "black" and se means "current, ripple".

Kuroshima 黒島 Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kurosu 黒須, くろす Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary".

Kurota Japanese

Kuroyanagi 黒柳 Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Kuru Japanese
Japanese: though written with the character for ‘give’ or ‘present’, the original meaning may actually be ‘sunset’. The name is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku and is no longer common in Japan, but there is a city by that name in Hiroshima prefecture and the area may have ancient connections with the family.

Kurumi 栗 Japanese (Rare)
From 栗 (kurumi) meaning "chestnut".

Kurushima 栗島 Japanese
From 栗 (kuru) meaning "chestnut" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kurusu 来栖, くるす Japanese
Combination of 来 (kuru), meaning "come, next", and 栖 (su), meaning "nest, den".

Kusaka 日下 Japanese
meaning of sound of KUSA-KA is grassy-place. on kanji it means 日(sun) 下(under), there is association which grass grows good under the sun. this is the special case of usage of kanji in Japanese such as 飛鳥 asuka, 春日 kasuga and 長谷川 hasegawa.

Kusaka 日下, くさか Japanese
From Japanese 日 (ku) meaning "sun, day" and 下 (saka) meaning "under, below".

Kusakabe Japanese

Kusakari 草刈, くさかり Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 刈 (kari) meaning "reap, cut, prune".

Kusama 草間, くさま Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Kusanagi 草彅 Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass" and 彅 (nagi) meaning "cutter". A notable bearer of this surname is actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅 剛, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, 1974–).

Kusano 草野, くさの Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kusatsu Japanese

Kusayanagi 日, 草 Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusayanagi) meaning "grass" or 日 (kusayanagi) meaning "sun, day". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kuse Japanese
Ku means "long time ago" and se means "world"

Kushi 久枝, くし Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).

Kushibiki 櫛引, くしびき Japanese
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 引 (hiki) meaning "pull, stretch".

Kushida 串田 Japanese (Rare)
This surname is written multiple ways, Kushi meaning "Skewer" or "Comb" (these are different kanji),and da is "Rice Paddy".

Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".

Kushige 櫛笥, 櫛毛, くしげ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛笥 (Kushige) meaning "Kushige", a former alley in the area of Kushige in the ward of Kamigyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]

Kushige 櫛下, くしげ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 下 (ge) meaning "bottom; low", possibly referring to a comb case.

Kushige 櫛下, くしげ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛下 (Kushige), from 櫛下門 (Kushigemon), the name of one of the groups 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, as well as surrounding areas.

Kushita Japanese

Kusuda 楠田, くすだ Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kusue Japanese

Kusumi Japanese

Kusunoki 楠, 楠木, くすのき Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor", an unwritten possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kusuta Japanese

Kutsuku 鞠, くつく Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

Kutsuwada Japanese

Kuwabara Japanese
Variant of Kuwahara.

Kuwabe Japanese

Kuwada Japanese

Kuwagai Japanese

Kuwagaya Japanese

Kuwahara 桑原 Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kuwai Japanese

Kuwajima 桑島 Japanese
From 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku.

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

Kuwamoto 桑元 Japanese
Kuwamoto/桑元 = Mulberry Origin/Book

Kuwano Japanese

Kuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

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

Kuwata Japanese

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

Kuwatani 桑谷 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 桑山, くわやま 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 久染, くぞめ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久染 (see Hisazome).

Kyan 喜屋武 Japanese
From 喜 (ki) meaning "value, expensive", 屋 (ya) meaning "vendor, roof, dwelling", and 武 (n) meaning "military, martial".

Kyoda Japanese

Kyogoku Japanese

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

Kyohoh 京応, きょうおう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyōnō 皛納, きょうのう 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 皛納, きょうのう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 皛納 (see Kyōnō).

Kyōō 京応, きょうおう Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city" and 応 (ō) meaning "to comply; to respond; to accord".

Kyoo 京応, きょうおう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyosaku Japanese

Kyoso 狂想 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 京応, きょうおう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).

Kyousaku Japanese

Kyugoku Japanese
A variant of Kyogoku.

Kyuno Japanese

Mabe 馬部 Japanese
Variant reading of Umabe.

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

Machita Japanese
Variant of Machida.

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

Maebara 前原 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 前原, まえはら 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 前島, まえじま 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 前野 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 前園 Japanese

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

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

Magari Japanese

Maihara 舞原, マイハラ Japanese
A Japanese surname formed from the kanji characters 舞 (Mai, "dance") and 原 (Hara, "field" or "plain"). The meaning could be interpreted as "dancing field/plains" or "field/plain of dance".

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

Majima 真島, 真嶋 Japanese
From 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

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

Makabe 真壁 Japanese
From 真 (ma, shin) meaning "real, genuine, true" and 壁 (kabe, heki) meaning "wall, barrier".

Makida Japanese
Variant of Makita.

Makie Japanese

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

Makihara 槙原, まきはら 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 牧野, まきの 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 牧島 Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepard" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Makishita Japanese

Makita 真北, 牧田 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 真賀, まっか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).

Makunoukoji 幕ノ麹 Japanese
幕(maku) means "curtain", ノ(nou) is a suffix meaning "of",麹(Koji) means "malted rice". this surname was borne from Setsukei Makunoukoji, A character from an Upcoming fan made Danganronpa Danganronpa Twin Fates

Makuuchi Japanese

Mamiya 真宮, 茉宮 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 鰻, まん Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).

Manabe 真鍋, 間部, 眞鍋 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 真中, 真仲, 間中, 間仲, マナカ 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 中, まなか Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 (see Naka).

Maniwa Japanese

Mankoku 万国, 萬国, まんこく Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 万国 (see Bankoku).

Mano 真野, 間野, まの Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 間 (ma) meaning "pause" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".

Maoka 真岡 Japanese
From 真 (ma) meaning "truth, reality, genuine" combined with 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, knoll".

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

Marina Japanese

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

Marubayashi Japanese

Marugai Japanese

Marugaya Japanese

Maruhashi 丸橋, まるはし Japanese
From Japanese 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Marui Japanese
"Round well".

Maruki Japanese

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

Maruoka Japanese

Marutani Japanese

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

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

Masaaji 正味, まさあじ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Masaami 正阿弥, まさあみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Masada Japanese

Masai 正井 Japanese
From 正 (masa) meaning "right, correct, proper, justice" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".

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

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

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

Masamizu 正水 Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

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 間瀬, 真瀬, ませ Japanese
From Japanese 間 (ma) meaning "among, between" or 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Maseki Japanese

Mashima 真島, 真嶋, 眞島, 眞嶋 Japanese
From 真 or 眞 (ma) meaning "real, genuine, true" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

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

Mashita Japanese

Mashizu 益頭, 益津 Japanese (Rare)

Masuda 増田, 益田, 舛田, 桝田, 升田 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".

Masugi Japanese

Masuho Japanese

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

Masuko 益子 Japanese
From 益 (masu) meaning "profit, benefit" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat".

Masumizu 升水, 増水 Japanese
From 升 (masu) meaning "measuring box, ascend, rise" or 増 (masu) meaning "increase" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

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

Masunaga Japanese

Masuo Japanese

Masuta Japanese

Masuyama 増山, 益山, 桝山, 升山 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 的場, まとば Japanese
From Japanese 的 (mato) meaning "target, mark" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Matoi Japanese

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

Matsuba 松葉 Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf".

Matsubae Japanese

Matsubari Japanese

Matsubase Japanese (Rare)

Matsubayashi 松林 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.

Matsudai 松大 Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 大 (dai) meaning "big, large, great".

Matsudaira 松平 Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, peace, 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 真継, まつぎ Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 継 (tsugi) meaning "inherit, acquire, succeed, continue".

Matsuhara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 松原 (see Matsubara.)

Matsuhashi 松橋, まつはし 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 松井, まつい Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Matsuike 松生 Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 生 (ike) meaning "living, life".

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

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

Matsukaze 松風 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 松木 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 松前 Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 前 (mae) means "forward, front".

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

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

Matsunawa 松縄 Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 縄 (nawa) meaning "rope".

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

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

Matsusaki Japanese

Matsuse Japanese

Matsushige 松重, まつしげ Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds".

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

Matsuto 松藤 Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 藤 (to) meaning "wisteria".

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

Matsuwaki Japanese

Matsuwara Japanese
Variant of Matsuhara.

Matsuyama 松山 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 松崎, まつざき Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Matsuzawa Japanese
Variant of Matsusawa.

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

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

Mawatari 馬渡 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 黛 Japanese
From 黛 (mayuzumi) meaning "eyebrow pencil".

Mazaki 真崎 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 巡, めぐり 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.

Meguri 廻, めぐり 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.

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

Meichin 明珍, 明珎, めいちん Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 明珍 or 明珎 (see Myōchin).

Metoki 目時 Japanese

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

Mezurashi 珍 Japanese
Means "rare; strange" in Japanese.

Michibata 道端 Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "way, road" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge".

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

Michikawa 道川 Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "path, road" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

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

Michimata 道又 Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "way, road" and 又 (mata) meaning "also, again, and, as well".

Michishige 道重 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 道添 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 御堂丸, みどうまる 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 御堂丸, みどうまる Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Midorigawa Japanese
A variant of Midorikawa.

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

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

Midoriya 緑谷, ミドリヤ 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]