Japanese Submitted Surnames

Yoshinoue Japanese

Yoshinuma Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and numa means "marsh, swamp".... [more]

Yoshisawa Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Yoshita Japanese

Yoshitake 吉武, よしたけ Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 武 (take) meaning "military, martial".

Yoshitomi 吉富 Japanese
From 吉 (yoshi, kichi, kitsu) meaning "good luck, fortunate" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".

Yoshiura 吉浦 Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, coast".

Yoshiwara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshiyama Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yoshiyasu 吉安, よしやす Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi), an alternative spelling of 吉し (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".

Yoshiyuki Japanese

Yoshizaki 吉崎, よしざき Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 崎 (saki) meaning "promontory, cape, peninsula".

Yoshizako Japanese

Yoshizawa 吉沢, 吉澤, よしざわ Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yoshizuka Japanese

Yosozumi Japanese
Variant of Yososumi.

Yota Japanese

Yotsui 四井 Japanese

Yotsuyanagi 四柳, 四ツ柳, 四桺, よつやなぎ Japanese
From Japanese 四柳 (Yotsuyanagi) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Kashima in the former Japanese province of Noto in parts of present-day Ishikawa in Japan.... [more]

Yoyanagi 四柳, よつやなぎ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Yuasa 湯浅, ゆあさ Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yuba 弓場 Japanese
From 弓 (yu) meaning "archery bow" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Yube 弓部, ゆべ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yubi Japanese

Yuda Japanese

Yuge 結解, ゆげ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Yuhnomidoh 熊野御堂, ゆうのみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yui 由比, 由井, 油井 Japanese
From 由 (yu) meaning "purpose, reason, cause" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit" or 比 (i) meaning "compare". Lastly, it could be spelled with 油 (yu) meaning "oil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".... [more]

Yukawa 湯川, ユカワ Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yukida 雪田 Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

Yukimatsu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "lucky" and matsu means "pine, for tree".

Yukimitsu Japanese
雪 (Yuki) means "snow" and 光 (mitsu) means "light, radiance".

Yukimiya 雪宮 Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Yukimori Japanese
Means 'snow forest' from 'yuki' meaning 'snow' and 'mori' meaning 'forest'.

Yukino Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".

Yukishita Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and shita means "under".

Yukita Japanese

Yukitō 雪藤 Japanese
From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

Yukitomo 行友 Japanese
From 行 (yuki) meaning "going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Yukiyama 幸山, 雪山, 行山, ユキヤマ Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

Yukiyasu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "luck" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Yukizome 雪染 Japanese
From Japanese 雪染 (yukizome) meaning "snow prints, dyed snow".

Yuko Japanese (Rare)

Yukumoto Japanese
Yuku means "conduct, go, travel, line, row" and moto means "origin, source, root".

Yumbe 弓部, ゆんべ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 弓 (yun), a contraction of 弓 (yumi) meaning "bow, archery" and 部 (be) meaning "division", possibly referring to a fighter who specialized in archery.

Yumehara 夢原 Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".

Yumekawa Japanese
Yumekawa means yume (夢) means "dream" and kawa (川) means "river", so this means "dream river".

Yumeno 夢野 Japanese
yumeno means "dream field" the kanji used for this name are 夢 (yume) meaning " dream" and 野 (no) meaning "field".

Yumi Japanese
Yu means "cause, reason, logic" and mi means "beauty". ... [more]

Yumiba Japanese

Yumibe 弓部, ゆみべ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yumihiro 広, 廣 Japanese
From Japanese 弓 (yumi) meaning "archery bow" combined with 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious"

Yumori Japanese

Yunaka Japanese

Yunbe 弓部, ゆんべ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yuno 湯野 Japanese
From 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath, hot spring" and 野 (no) meaning "plains, field".

Yūnomidō 熊野御堂, ゆうのみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yunomido 熊野御堂, ゆうのみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yurimoto Japanese

Yusa 遊佐 Japanese
From Japanese 遊 (yu) meaning "play" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Yuuma 遊馬 Japanese
From the Japanese 遊 (yu) "recreation," "fun" and 馬 (uma, ma or ba) "horse."

Yuumori Japanese

Yuunomidou 熊野御堂, ゆうのみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yuyamido 熊野御堂, ゆやみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidō 熊野御堂, ゆやみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yuyamidoh 熊野御堂, ゆやみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidou 熊野御堂, ゆやみどう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuzuki 柚木, ゆずき Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Yuzurihara Japanese
Means "the field of the gentle Village". From the Japanese words Yasuri (gentle village) and Hara (plain, field).

Zabatsu Japanese

Zai Japanese

Zaizen 財前 Japanese (Rare)
From 財 (zai) meaning "wealth, riches, property" and 前 (zen) meaning "front, forward".

Zakuro 柘榴, ざくろ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 柘榴 (Zakuro) meaning "Zakuro", an area in the town of Seika in the district of Sōraku in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.

Zayasu 座安, ざやす Japanese
From Japanese 座 (Za) meaning "squat; seat; cushion; gathering; sit" and 安 (Yasu) meaning "relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful".

Zemmosa 善茂砂, ぜんもさ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 善 (zen) meaning "virtue, goodness", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant", and 砂 (sa) meaning "sand", referring to a place with lots of sand.

Zemmosha 善茂砂, ぜんもしゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zemosa 善茂砂, ぜもさ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenda 全田 Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 全 meaning "everything" and 田 meaning "rice paddy field".

Zen'in 禅院, 禪院, ぜんいん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 禅院 (zen'in) meaning "dhyana temple".... [more]

Zenin 禅院, 禪院, ぜんいん Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 禅院 or 禪院 (see Zen'in).

Zenmosa 善茂砂, ぜんもさ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenmosha 善茂砂, ぜんもしゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosha).

Zeze Japanese

Zobuchi Japanese

Zukin 頭巾, ずきん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 頭巾 (zukin) meaning "headscarf, hood, handkerchief".