Japanese Submitted Surnames

Ueo Japanese

Ueoka 上岡, うえおか 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]

Uesato Japanese

Ueshiba Japanese

Ueshita Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and shita means "below, under".

Ueta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueda.

Uetsuka Japanese
Ue means "above, upper" and tsuka means "mound".

Uewara Japanese
Variant of Uehara.... [more]

Ueyama 上山, うえやま Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Uezaka Japanese
Variant of Uesaka.

Uezato Japanese
Variant of Uesato.

Uezuka Japanese
Variant of Uetsuka.

Ugumori 鵜久森, 鷠森, うぐもり 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 天宮城, うぐしろ 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.

Ui Japanese

Uigawa Japanese
Variant of Uikawa.

Uiji Japanese

Uikawa Japanese

Uisawa Japanese

Uizawa Japanese
Variant of Uisawa.

Ujigai Japanese

Ujigaya Japanese

Ujihara Japanese

Ujiie 氏家, うじいえ Japanese
From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".

Ujitani Japanese

Ujiya Japanese

Ukai 鵜飼, うかい Japanese
From Japanese 鵜 (u) meaning "cormorant (a type of bird)" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".

Uki Japanese

Ukiyo 浮世, うきよ 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 鵜久森, うくもり Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鵜久森 (see Ugumori).

Umabe 馬部 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 馬越, うまこし Japanese
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse" and 越 (koshi) meaning "pass, through, over".

Umanodan 馬ノ段, 馬之段, うまのだん 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]

Umeda 梅田 Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Umegaki 梅垣, 楳垣, うめがき Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "prunus mume" and 垣 (gaki), the joining form of 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence", referring to a fence with a family crest of prunus mume patterns.... [more]

Umehara 梅原 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 梅北 Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Umemoto 梅本, うめもと Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Umemura Japanese
Ume means "plum" and mura means "village".

Umemura 梅村, うめむら 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 梅咲 Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".

Umesawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Umesawa 梅沢, 梅澤, うめさわ Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Umeta Japanese

Umetsu Japanese

Umezaki Japanese
Variant of Umesaki.

Umezawa 梅沢, 梅澤 Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Umezu Japanese

Umezu 梅津, うめづ Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbour".

Umon 右門, 宇門, ウモン 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 海原 Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".

Unagi 宇那木, うなぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".

Unagi 鰻, うなぎ 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 鰻, うなぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (unagi) meaning "eel".

Unaki 宇那木, うなき Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).

Unami 海南, うなみ 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".

Une Japanese (Rare, ?)

Unno 海野, うんの Japanese
From Japanese 海 (un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Uno 宇野 Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves" and 野 (no) meaning "field".

Uoto Japanese

Uozumi Japanese

Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".

Urabane Japanese

Urabata Japanese

Urabe Japanese

Urada Japanese

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".

Uraki Japanese

Uramoto 浦本 Japanese (Rare)
浦 (Ura) means "Seacoast,Bay" and 本 (Moto) means "Source, Origin, Root". Kentaro Uramoto is a notable bearer of this surname, he is a former Japanese football player.

Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Urasaki 浦崎, うらさき Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Urasawa 浦沢, うらさわ Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Urashima Japanese

Urata 浦田 Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Uratsuji 浦辻 Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"

Urazawa Japanese
Variant of Urasawa.

Urushibara Japanese
A variant of Urushihara.

Urushihara 漆原 Japanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "lacquer/lacker, varnish" and 原 (hara) means "plain, field".

Urushimakka 漆真下, 漆眞下, うるしまっか Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "toxicodendron vernicifluum", 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.

Urushimatsuka 漆眞下, うるしまつか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 漆眞下 (see Urushimakka).

Urushino Japanese
Urushi means "lacker/lacquer" and no means "field, plain".

Urushiwara Japanese
A variant of Urushihara.

Usada Japanese

Usami Japanese

Usami 宇佐美, うさみ Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, roof", 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".

Usata Japanese

Ushi Japanese
Ushi means "cow, bull, ox, secind sign of the Chinese zodiac".

Ushida 牛田, うしだ Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ushijima 牛島, うしじま Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Ushisawa 牛澤, 牛沢 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".

Ushito Japanese

Ushiyama 牛山, うしやま Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many cows.

Ushiyama 牛山, うしやま Japanese
From Japanese 牛山 (Ushiyama) meaning "Ushiyama", an area in the city of Kasugai in the prefecture of Aichi in Japan.

Ushiyama 牛山, うしやま Japanese
From Japanese 牛山 (Ushiyama), replacing 屎 (kuso) meaning "something unclean" with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" in 牛屎 (Ushikuso), a clipping of 牛屎院 (Ushikusoin), a nickname for the former city of Ōkuchi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Ushizawa 牛澤, 牛沢 Japanese
Variant of Ushisawa.

Usuda Japanese

Usui Japanese

Usui 臼井, うすい Japanese
From Japanese 臼 (usu) meaning "millstone, mortar" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Usui 碓井, うすい Japanese
From Japanese 碓 (usu) meaning "pestle" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Uta Japanese

Utada うただ Japanese

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 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木 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]

Utsumi Japanese

Utsunomiya 宇都宮, 宇津宮, ウツノミヤ 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 宇都宮, うつのみや Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 都 (tsu) meaning "city", and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Uwano Japanese

Uyama Japanese

Uyeda Japanese
Variant of Ueda.

Uyehara Japanese
Variant transcription of Uehara.

Uyeno Japanese
Variant of Ueno.

Uyesugi 上杉, うえすぎ Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上杉 (see Uesugi).

Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.

Uzaki 宇崎 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 渦巻, 太巻, ウズマキ 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 渡邊, 渡辺 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 若林 Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Wakada Japanese

Wakagai Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

Wakagaya Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

Wakai Japanese
Waka can mean "young" and i can mean "well, mineshaft, pit".

Wakaizumi Japanese
Waka means "young" and izumi means "fountain, springs".

Wakaki 若木 Japanese
若 (Waka) means "young" and 木 (ki) means "wood, tree".... [more]

Wakamatsu 若松 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".

Wakamoto 若本 Japanese
From Japanese 若 meaning "young" and 本 meaning "base, root, origin".

Wakanohana Japanese

Wakao Japanese
Waka means "young" and o means "tail".

Wakasa 若狭, 輪笠 Japanese
Comes from an old province in Japan.

Wakasugi 若杉, わかすぎ Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Wakata 若田, 若多 Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Wakatani Japanese
Waka means "young" and tani means "valley".

Wakatsu Japanese

Wakatsuchi 若土 Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil."

Wakatsuki 若槻 Japanese
Combination of the kanji 若 (waka, "young") and 槻 (tsuki, "Zelkova tree"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎; 1866–1949).

Wakawada Japanese

Wakaya Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

Wakayama 若山, わかやま Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Wakazu Japanese
Variant of Wakatsu.

Wakazuki Japanese
Variant of Wakatsuki.

Wake Japanese

Wakebe 別部, わけべ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 別部 (see Beppu 2, Beppu 3, Beppu 4, Beppu 5, Beppu 6, Beppu 7, Beppu 8, Beppu 9, Beppu 10, Beppu 11, Beppu 12, or Beppu 13).

Waki Japanese
Wa means "harmony" and ki means "tree, wood".

Wakida Japanese
Waki means "side" and da means "rice paddy, field".

Wakisaka 脇阪 Japanese
Wakisaka/脇阪 = "Ribs Hillside" 脇 = Ribs/Armpits, 阪 = Hillside.

Wakita 脇田, わきた Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "side" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Wakiyama 脇山, わきやま Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, the other way" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Wakuni 和国, ワクニ Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和国 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften" and 国 (koku, kuni) meaning "country."... [more]

Wakuri 和久利, 和久理, 和久里, 和栗, ワクリ Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和久利, 和久理, 和久里 or 和栗 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften", 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" and 栗 (ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku) meaning "chestnut."... [more]

Wakuzu Japanese

Warabi 蕨, わらび Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (Warabi) meaning "Warabi", a former village in the former district of Namegata in the former Japanese province of Hitachi in parts of present-day Ibaraki, Japan.

Warabi 蕨, わらび Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (Warabi) meaning "Warabi", an area in the city of Yotsukaido in the prefecture of Chiba in Japan.

Warabi 蕨, わらび Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (Warabi) meaning "Warabi", a division in the area of Tsunogaraori in the town of Hashikami in the district of Sannohe in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.

Warabi 蕨, わらび Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (Warabi) meaning "Warabi", the former name of the area of Mitani in the city of Wajima in the prefecture of Ishikawa in Japan.

Warisaya 割鞘, わりさや Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 割鞘 (see Warizaya).

Warizaya 割鞘, わりざや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 割 (wari), from 割り (wari) meaning "breakage into separate pieces" and 鞘 (zaya), the joining form of 鞘 (saya) meaning "sheath", referring to a broken sheath.

Washi 和紙 Japanese
Occupational name for a paper worker. From 和 (wa) meaning "sum" and 紙 (shi) meaning "paper".

Washima Japanese

Wata Japanese

Watabe 渡部 Japanese
From Japanese 渡 (wata) meaning "cross, ferry" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Watabiki Japanese

Watabohshi 綿帽子, わたぼうし Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).

Watabōshi 綿帽子, わたぼうし Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 綿帽子 (watabōshi) meaning "bridal hood".

Wataboshi 綿帽子, わたぼうし Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).

Wataboushi 綿帽子, わたぼうし Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).

Watanari Japanese

Watanuki 渡抜, 渡樌, 渡貫, 綿抜, 綿貫 Japanese
This surname is used as 渡抜, 渡樌, 渡貫, 綿抜, 綿貫, 四月一日 or 四月朔日 with 渡 (to, wata.su, wata.ru) meaning "cross, deliver, diameter, ferry, ford, import, migrate, transit," 綿 (men, wata) meaning "cotton," 抜 (hai, hatsu, batsu, nu.kasu, nu.karu, nu.ki, nu.ku, -nu.ku, nu.keru) meaning "extract, omit, pilfer, pull out, quote, remove, slip out," 樌 (kan, nuki), an outdated kanji meaning "grove," 貫 (kan, tsuranu.ku, nuki, nu.ku) meaning "brace, penetrate, pierce, kan (obsolete unit of measuring weight - equal to 3.75 kg./8.33 lbs... [more]

Watari Japanese (Rare)
Watari means "ferry, import, deliver". Watari is also a first name and a place name.... [more]

Watariyo 濟陽, わたりよう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watariyō).

Watariyō 濟陽, わたりよう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Watase Japanese
Wata means "boat, ferry" and se means "ripple".

Watayo 済陽, 濟陽, わたよう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 済陽 or 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Watayō 済陽, 濟陽, わたよう Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 濟陽 (Watayō), a variant reading of Japanese 濟陽 (Saiyō), from Chinese 濟陽 (Jìyáng) meaning "Jiyang", a town in the county of Xiayi in the city of Shangqiu in the province of Henan in China.... [more]

Wosame 納, をさめ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Ya Japanese
From Japanese ya, meaning "night". Note that other kanji interpretations and meanings could be possible.

Yabe 矢部 Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Yabugame 籔亀, やぶがめ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 籔亀 (see Yabuki 4).

Yabukame 藪亀, 薮亀, やぶかめ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 藪亀 or 薮亀 (see Yabuki 4).

Yabuki 矢吹, 藪亀, やぶき Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 吹 (buki), from 吹き (buki), the joining continuative form of 吹く (fuku) meaning "to blow". It can also derive from 藪 (yabu) meaning "thicket; grove; copse" and 亀 (ki) meaning "tortoise, turtle"... [more]

Yabunaka Japanese

Yabusaki 八武崎 Japanese
From the Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 武 (bu) which was a traditional unit of measurement approximately equal to 90 centimeters, and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Yabuta Japanese

Yada 矢田 Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy."

Yada 八田, 八多, やだ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).

Yagami 八神, やがみ Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 神 (kami) meaning "god".

Yagi Japanese
This can be read as Yanagi meaning "willow".

Yagi 八木, やぎ Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Yagihashi 柳橋, やぎはし Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Yagino Japanese
Variant of Yanagino.

Yaginuma 柳沼, やぎぬま Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Yagira 柳楽 Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".

Yagishita 柳下, やぎした Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Yaguchi 矢口, やぐち Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Yagyu Japanese

Yahaba 矢幅, 矢羽々, 矢羽羽, やはば Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]

Yahagi Japanese

Yahaha 矢羽々, やはは Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 矢羽々 (see Yahaba).

Yahata Japanese

Yahata 八田, やはた Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).

Yaida Japanese

Yajima 矢島, 矢嶋, 谷島, やじま Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]

Yajin 夜陣, やじん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night; evening" and 陣 (jin) meaning "battle formation; camp"

Yaku Japanese

Yakumo 八雲, 耶雲, 家雲, ヤクモ Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]

Yakushigami 薬師神, 藥師神, やくしがみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushiji 薬師寺, 藥師寺, 薬師地, 薬師時, 薬師神 Japanese
From Japanese 薬師寺 (Yakushiji) meaning "Yakushiji", a former village in the district of Kawachi in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan.

Yakushijin 薬師神, 藥師神, やくしじん Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushikami 薬師神, 藥師神, やくしかみ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushimaru Japanese
A notable bearer is Hiroko Yakushimaru, a singer and actress. ... [more]

Yakushinji 薬真寺, 藥真寺, 薬眞寺, 藥眞寺, やくしんじ Japanese
Variant of Yakushiji.

Yama Japanese
Yama means "Mountain".

Yamaba Japanese

Yamabe 山部 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yamabi 山火, 山日, やまび Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]

Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamaga Japanese

Yamagai Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamagata 山形, 山縣 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".

Yamagaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaguri Japanese
Variant of Yamakuri.

Yamaha 山葉 Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).

Yamahashi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and hashi means "bridge".... [more]

Yamahi 山火, 山日, やまひ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 or 山日 (see Yamabi).

Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Yamaka 山火, やまか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 (see Yamabi).

Yamakawa 山川 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".

Yamamba 山姥, やまんば Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamauba).

Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".

Yamamizu 山水 Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamamori Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and mori means "forest".

Yamamura 山村, やまむら Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yamana Japanese

Yamanae Japanese

Yamanaka 山中 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Yamanba 山姥, やまんば Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamamba).

Yamane 山根 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".

Yamano 山野, ヤマノ Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yamanobe 山野辺, やまのべ Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".

Yamaoka 山岡 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Yamasato 山里, 山県, 山縣, ヤマサト Japanese
This surname combines 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 県 or 縣 - outdated variant of 県 - (ken, ka.keru) meaning "county, district, subdivision, prefecture," the last meaning reserved for 県.... [more]

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".

Yamashiro 山城 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Yamata Japanese

Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]

Yamato 大和, やまと Japanese
From the given name Yamato.

Yamato 日本 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Yamauba 山姥, やまうば Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.

Yamawaki Japanese

Yamaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaya 山谷, やまや Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yamazawa Japanese
Variant of Yamasawa.

Yamazoe Japanese
Variant of Yamasoe.

Yamikawa 闇川 Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"

Yanabu Japanese

Yanada Japanese

Yanagawa Japanese
Variant of Yanakawa.

Yanagawa 柳川, やながわ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yanagi 柳, やなぎ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Yanagibara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagida 柳田 Japanese
Yanagi (柳) means "willow", ta/da (田) means "ricefield", ta changes to da because of rendaku. Mikio Yanagida (柳田幹雄) from Btooom! is a notable character bearing this surname.

Yanagida 柳田, やなぎだ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yanagihara 柳原 Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yanagimi Japanese
Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Yanagimoto Japanese
Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."

Yanagino Japanese

Yanagisawa 柳沢, やなぎさわ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yanagita Japanese

Yanagiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagiya 柳谷, やなぎや Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yanagizawa Japanese
Variant of Yanagisawa.

Yanai 矢内 Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 内 (nai or uchi) "inside."

Yanaibara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaihara Japanese

Yanaiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanakawa Japanese

Yanami Japanese

Yanase 柳瀬, やなせ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Yanase 簗瀬, やなせ Japanese
From Japanese 簗 (yana) meaning "fish trap" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Yanata Japanese
Variant of Yanada.