Japanese Submitted Surnames

Inata Japanese
Ina means "rice plant" and Da comes from Ta, meaning "rice field, paddy".

Inatomi Japanese

Inatsugu Japanese

Inatsuka Japanese

Inatsuma Japanese

Inayoshi 稲吉, いなよし Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".

Inazuka Japanese
Variant of Inatsuka.

Inazuma 稲妻, イナズマ, イナヅマ Japanese (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]

Ino Japanese

Inobe Japanese

Inōe 猪上, いのうえ Japanese
猪上 comes from the kanji (猪 = boar) and (上 = above; up) and could be translated as "The boar from above"

Inoguchi Japanese
Ino means "boar" and guchi means "mouth, opening".

Inoki Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ki means "tree, wood".

Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Inokuma 猪熊 Japanese
From 猪 (ino) meaning "boar" and 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear".

Inomata 猪俣, 猪股, いのまた Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 俣 (mata) or 股 (mata) both meaning "fork, crotch".

Inoo Japanese
Ino means "boar" and o means "tail".

Inose 猪瀬, いのせ Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Inoshishi 猪, イノシシ Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 猪 (cho, i, inoshishi) meaning "boar."

Inouye 井上 Japanese
Variant transcription of Inoue.

Inugami Japanese (Rare), Japanese Mythology
A variant of Inukami.... [more]

Inui Japanese
Inu means "dog" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Inui 乾, いぬい Japanese
From Japanese 乾 (inui) meaning "northwest".

Inukai 犬飼 Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".

Inukami Japanese (Rare)
Inu means "dog" and kami means "god".

Inuma Japanese

Inusaka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and saka means "slope, hill".

Inutsuka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and tsuka means "mound".

Inuyama 犬山 Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 山 (Yama) meaning "mountain, pile".

Inuzaka Japanese
Variant of Inusaka.

Inuzuka 犬塚, いぬづか Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound".

In'yaku 印鑰, いんやく Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 印鑰 (in'yaku) meaning "seal of head government office and keys to various buildings", referring to someone who would make seals or keys for such purposes.

Inyaku 印鑰, いんやく Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 印鑰 (see In'yaku).

Io Japanese
I could mean "this" or "well, pit, mineshaft" and o means "tail".

Ioka 井岡 Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Iori 庵, 井居, 井折, 井織, 伊折 Japanese
This surname is used as 庵, 井居, 井折, 井織, 伊折 or 伊織 with 庵 (an, iori, io) meaning "hermitage, retreat", 井 (sei, shou, i) meaning "well, well crib, town, community", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 居 (kyo, ko, i.ru, -i, o.ru) meaning "reside, to be, exist, live with", 折 (setsu, o.ru, ori, o.ri, -o.ri, o.reru) meaning "fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit" and 織 (o.ri) meaning "fabric, weave."... [more]

Ippongi 一本木 Japanese
From 一 (i) meaning "one", 本 (pon) meaning "origin" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Iri 納, いり Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Irie Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and e means "inlet, river".

Irie 入江, いりえ Japanese
From Japanese 入江 (irie) meaning "inlet, cove, creek".

Irigai Japanese
Variant of Iritani.

Irigaya Japanese
Variant of Iritani.

Irikura Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and kura means "have, possess, storehouse, warehouse".

Irimoto Japanese
Iri means "input, entry" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Iriomote 西表 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西表 (Iriomote) meaning "Iriomote", an island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan.

Irisaka Japanese
Iri means "enter, input" and saka means "slope, hill".

Iritani Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and tani means "valley".

Iriya Japanese

Iriyama 入山 Japanese
From 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input", and 山 (yama) meaning "hill, mountain".... [more]

Irodori Japanese

Irokawa Japanese

Iru 納, いる Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Irukayama Japanese (Rare)

Isago 沙 Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (isago) meaning "sand".

Isamu Japanese
Isamu means courageous warrior

Isato 五十里, いさと Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isawa Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Isayama 諫山 Japanese
A Japanese surname meaning "admonish mountain". A bearer of this surname is Hajime Isayama. He is a Japanese manga artist. (1986-)

Ise Japanese

Isebara Japanese
A variant of Isehara.

Isegai Japanese

Isegaya Japanese

Isehara Japanese

Isemura Japanese

Iseno Japanese

Isetani Japanese

Isewara Japanese
Variant of Isehara.

Iseya Japanese

Ishi Japanese
Ishi means "stone".

Ishibashi 石橋 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ishibe 石部, いしべ Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Ishido 石堂 Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 堂 (do) "hall."

Ishidori Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and dori comes from tori, meaning "bird".

Ishigaki Japanese

Ishigaki 石垣, いしがき Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Ishigaki 石垣, 石墻, いしがき Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (gaki), the joining form of 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".... [more]

Ishigaki 石垣, いしがき Japanese
From Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki) meaning "Ishigaki", a division in the area of Yoshihara in the town of Aridagawa in the district of Arida in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan.

Ishigami Japanese
Variant of Ishikami.

Ishigawa Japanese
Variant of Ishikawa.

Ishige Japanese

Ishigura Japanese
Variant of Ishikura.

Ishiguro Japanese
Ishi means "Stone" and Guro is just a form of Kuro, meaning "Black". Hiroshi Ishiguro was the director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory.

Ishiguro 石黒, いしぐろ Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".

Ishihara 石原 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ishihashi Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and hashi means "bridge".

Ishii 石井 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Ishijima 石島, いしじま Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".

Ishikura 石倉, 石蔵 Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" combined with 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) storehouse."

Ishima Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and shims means "island", or it could be spelled with ishi meaning "rock, stone" and ma meaning "pause".

Ishimaru 石丸, いしまる Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Ishimine Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mine means "peak".

Ishimitsu Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mitsu means "light".

Ishimori 石森 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Ishimoto Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and moto means "source, root, origin".

Ishimoto 石本, いしもと Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ishinaka Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and naka means "middle".

Ishino 石野, いしの Japanese
From 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 野 (no) meaning "plains," "field."

Ishiodori Japanese

Ishisaki Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Ishita Japanese

Ishito Japanese

Ishitsuka Japanese
"Stone mound".

Ishiuchi Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and uchi means "inside".

Ishiura Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ura means "bay, coast".

Ishiwari Japanese

Ishiwata 石渡 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 渡 (wata) meaning "cross, ferry".

Ishiwatari Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and watari means "ferry".

Ishiyama Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Ishizaka 石坂, いしざか Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Ishizaki Japanese

Ishizaki 石崎, いしざき Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ishizawa 石沢, 石澤, いしざわ Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ishizu 石津 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".

Ishizuka 石塚, いしづか Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Iso 磯 Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, shore, beach".

Isobe 磯部 Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) "beach" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Isoda Japanese

Isogai 磯谷 Japanese
It can be a variant of Isogai but other kanji combinations are possible.

Isogai 磯貝, いそがい Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 貝 (kai) meaning "shellfish".

Isogai 磯谷, いそがい Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".

Isogaya 磯谷 Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Isomura Japanese

Isomura 磯村, いそむら Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Isono 磯野, いその Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Isori 五十里, いそり Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".

Isotani 磯谷 Japanese
From 磯 (iso) meaning "beach, shore, seashore" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Isoya 磯谷 Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Isozaki 磯崎, 磯埼 Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) "beach" and 崎 or 埼 (zaki or saki) "cape," "peninsula."

Isozato 五十里, いそざと Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Ita Japanese

Itabashi Japanese
Variant of Itahashi.

Itada Japanese
Ita means "board" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Itagaki Japanese

Itagaki 板垣, いたがき Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Itagura Japanese
Variant of Itakura.

Itahashi Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and hashi means "bridge".

Itahashi 板橋, いたはし Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Itakaki Japanese
A variant of Itagaki.

Itakura 板倉 Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "board" and 倉 (Kura) meaning "storehouse".

Itakura 板倉, いたくら Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".

Itamiya 伊丹谷, 伊丹屋, いたみや Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 伊丹屋 (Itamiya) meaning "Itami Store", a name of a store that was in the city of Itami in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.... [more]

Itamura Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Itani Japanese

Itano Japanese
Ita means "board" and no means "field, plain".

Itaya 板谷, いたや Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Ite 射手, いて Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 射 (i) meaning "shoot" and 手 (te) meaning "hand", referring to an archer.

Ito 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).

Itō 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Itobin 糸鬢, いとびん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 糸鬢 (itobin) meaning a type of hairstyle.

Itoh 伊藤, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).

Itoh 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).

Itosato 五十里, いとさと Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Itou 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).

Itsuka 何, いつか Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Itsutsu 井筒, いつつ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Iuchi Japanese

Iwaaki 岩明 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff" and 明 (aki) meaning "bright". ... [more]

Iwaasa 岩浅, いわあさ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Iwabe 岩部, いわべ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Iwabuchi Japanese

Iwabuchi 岩渕, 岩淵, いわぶち Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".

Iwada Japanese

Iwadachi 岩立, 岩館 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Iwadate 岩立, 岩館 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Iwado 岩戸 Japanese (Rare)
Iwado means "rock door". Iwado from Holyland is a character bearing this surname

Iwadoh Japanese

Iwadou Japanese

Iwae Japanese
Iwa means "stone, rock" and e means "bay, creek, inlet".

Iwagawa Japanese

Iwahana Japanese

Iwaizumi 岩泉 Japanese (Rare)
Iwa (岩) means "rock, boulder", izumi (泉) means "spring, water source", it is also a town in Iwate prefecture. Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一) from Haikyuu!! manga and anime is a notable bearer of this surname.

Iwakawa Japanese

Iwaki 岩城, いわき Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".

Iwakuchi Japanese

Iwama 岩間, いわま Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Iwami Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Iwamura Japanese
Iwa means "stone " and mura can mean "village, hamlet" or "town".

Iwanaga 岩永, いわなが Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Iwanaka Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and naka means "middle".

Iwanari 岩成 Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone, rock", and 成 (nari, naru, sei) meaning "become, get".

Iwano Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and no means "wilderness, plain, rice paddy, field".

Iwao Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and o means "tail".

Iwaoka 岩岡 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Iwasa Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and sa could mean "support".

Iwasa 岩佐, いわさ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Iwasawa 岩沢, 岩澤, いわさわ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Iwase 岩瀬, いわせ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Iwashimizu 岩清水 Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Iwashita 岩下, いわなみ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Iwatachi 岩立, 岩館 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Iwatake Japanese

Iwatani 岩谷 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Iwatani 岩谷, いわたに Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Iwatate 岩立, 岩館 Japanese
From Japanese 岩館 (Iwatate) meaning "Iwatate", a former village in the former district of Tsugaru in parts of present-day Aomori, Japan, in the former Japanese province of Mutsu.

Iwatatsu 岩立 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate

Iwatatsu 岩立 Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Iwatsubo Japanese

Iwatsuki 岩槻, いわつき Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree".

Iwawaki Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and waki means "side".

Iwaya 岩屋 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house".

Iwayama 岩山 Japanese
Means "rocky mountain" in Japanese, from 岩 (iwa) "rock" and 山 (yama) "mountain".

Iwazaki Japanese
Variant of Iwasaki, meaning "stone slope, hill."

Iya Japanese

Iyadomi Japanese

Iyama Japanese
I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iyazoi Japanese

Izawa Japanese
Variant of Isawa.

Izawa 井沢, 井澤, いざわ Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Izu 井筒, いず Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Izuhara 出原, 泉原, 伊豆原, イズハラ Japanese
This surname is used as 出原, 泉原 or 伊豆原 with 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru, izu) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out", 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 豆 (zu, tou, mame, mame-) meaning "beans, midget, pea" and 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."

Īzuka 飯塚, いいづか Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, rice" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Izumigawa Japanese
Variant of Izumikawa.

Izumikawa Japanese
Izumi means "fountain" and means "river".

Izumiya Japanese

Izumo 出雲, 出茂, イズモ Japanese
This surname combines 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo, zumo) meaning "cloud" or 茂 (mo, shige.ru) meaning "be luxuriant, grow thick, overgrown."... [more]

Izutsu Japanese

Izutsu 井筒, いずつ, いづつ Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Jaana 蛇穴, じゃあな Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇穴 (Jaana) meaning "Jaana", a former village in the former district of Katsujō in the former Japanese province of Yamato in present-day Nara, Japan, or it being a variant reading of 蛇穴 (Saragi) meaning "Saragi", an area in the same place, in the city of Gose in the prefecture of Nara in Japan.

Jaana 蛇穴, じゃあな Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇穴 (Jaana) meaning "snake pit", from 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpant" and 穴 (ana) meaning "hole; pit".

Jabashiri 蛇走, じゃばしり Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇走 (jabashiri), sound- and script-changed from 砂場走 (shabahashiri), from 砂 (sha) meaning "sand", 場 (ba) meaning "place", and 走 (hashiri), from 走り (hashiri) meaning "run", referring to a place where the sand collapses quickly.

Jagabana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇ケ鼻 (see Jagahana).

Jagahana 蛇ケ鼻, じゃがはな Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpent", ケ (ga), an obsolete possessive marker for place names, and 鼻 (hana) meaning "nose", referring to a snake and land that sticks out.

Jaketsu 蛇穴, じゃけつ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Jayama 蛇山, じゃやま Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇山 (see Hebiyama).

Jibiki 字引, じびき Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 字 (ji) meaning "letter; character" and 引 (biki), the joining form of 引 (hiki), from 引き (hiki) meaning "pull", referring to a dictionary.

Jigane 侍金, じがね Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 侍金 (see Samuraigane).

Jikumaru Japanese

Jimbo Japanese

Jimbo 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimbō 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Shimpō).

Jimboh 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimbou 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimuta 爾牟田, じむた Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 爾 (ji), a phonetic character, and 牟田 (muta) meaning "wetland; bog".

Jin 神, じん Japanese
From Japanese 神 (jin) meaning "deity; god". This may have been used by shrine masters, people who came from shrines, or people who were granted by the emperor of Japan.

Jinbo 神保 Japanese
From 神 (jin, kami) meaning "god, deity, divine" combined with 保 (ho, tamotsu) meaning "protect".

Jinbo 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbō 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinboh 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbou 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinda Japanese

Jingu 神宮 Japanese
Formed with 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan, kou) meaning "god" and 宮 (kyuu, guu, kuu, miya) meaning "palace, shrine".

Jingūji 神宮司, じんぐうじ Japanese
formed with 神 (Shin, Jin, Kami, Kan, Kou) meaning "God" and 宮 (Kyuu, Guu, Ku, Kuu, Miya) meaning "Palace". and 司 (Shi, Ji) meaning "Director". Which means the surname could possible come out as “God’s Palace of the Director”

Jingushi Japanese

Jinnai Japanese

Jinnouchi 陣内, 陣之内, 陣ノ内 Japanese
From the Japanese 陣 (jin) "camp" and 内 (uchi or nai) "inside." The grammatical and phonetic particle ノ or 之 (no) is sometimes written between the other two characters.

Jinzai Japanese

Jiro 耳郎 Japanese
From Japanese 耳 (ji) meaning "ear" and 郎 (ro, rou, rō) meaning "son, male"

Jirohman 次郎万, 次郎萬, じろうまん Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jirōman 次郎万, 次郎萬, じろうまん Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 次郎 (jirō) meaning "2nd son" and 万 (man), a character clipping of 万屋 (yorozuya) meaning "general store", referring to a general store that was run by a 2nd son.... [more]

Jiroman 次郎万, 次郎萬, じろうまん Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jirouman 次郎万, 次郎萬, じろうまん Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jito Japanese

Jitsue Japanese (Rare)

Jitsukawa 実川 Japanese

Jitsumori Japanese

Jizodo Japanese

Jō 城, じょう Japanese
From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Jodai Japanese

Jodan Japanese

Joei Japanese

Jōnouchi 城之内, じょうのうち Japanese
From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle"; 之 (no), a possessive particle; and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Joto ジョート Japanese

Jūmonji 十文字 Japanese
Means "cross, crisscross" in Japanese, a compound of 十 (jū) meaning "ten", 文 (mon) meaning "writing", and 字 (ji) meaning "character, handwriting."

Jundo Japanese

Junko 純子, 順子, 淳子, 潤子, 準子 Japanese
Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:... [more]

Ka 何, か Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Kaba 樺, かば Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".

Kabara Japanese
Variant of Kahara.

Kabashima 樺島 Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kabayama 樺山 Japanese (Rare)
Kaba (樺) means "birch", yama (山) means "mountain"

Kabe Japanese (Rare)
Ka ("Increase,Step Up"), ... [more]

Kabeya 壁谷, かべや Japanese
From Japanese 壁 (kabe) meaning "wall, barrier" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kabu 蕪, 加武, かぶ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕪 (Kabu), a clipping of 蕪 (Kabumon) meaning "Kabu Gate", a name of a group of several households, that was in the division of Kami in the area of Noda in the city of Izumi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, 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.... [more]

Kabu 蕪, かぶ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕪 (kabu) meaning "brassica rapa".

Kabuhashi 株橋, かぶはし Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 株 (kabu) meaning "tree stump, company share stock" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge", possibly referring to a bridge next to a tree stump.

Kabura 鏑, かぶら Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鏑 (Kabura) meaning "Kabura", a division in the division of Tsuchizawa in the area of Towa in the city of Hanamaki in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.

Kabura 蕪, かぶら Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蕪 (see Kabu).

Kaburagi Japanese
A notable bearer is Saiko Kaburagi, an artist.

Kaburaki Japanese

Kabuto 甲, 兜, 加太, 甲頭, 加部東 Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 甲, 兜, 加太, 甲頭, 加部東 or 鹿伏兎 with 甲 (ka, kan, kou, kinoe, kabuto) meaning "A grade, armour, carapace, first class, former, high (voice), instep", 兜 (to, tou, kabuto) meaning "headpiece, helmet", 加 (ka, kuwa.eru, kuwa.waru) meaning "add(ition), Canada, include, increase, join", 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick", 頭 (zu, to, tou, atama, kashira, kaburi, -gashira) meaning "head", 部 (bu, -be) meaning "bureau, class, copy, department, part, portion, section", 東 (tou, higashi) meaning "east", 鹿 (rou, ka, shika) meaning "deer", 伏 (fuku, fu.su, fu.seru) meaning "bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes), prostrated" or 兎 (tsu, to, usagi) meaning "hare, rabbit."... [more]

Kada Japanese

Kadenokohji 勘解由小路, かでのこうじ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 勘解由小路 (see Kadenokōji).

Kadenokōji 勘解由小路, かでのこうじ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 勘解由小路 (Kadenokōji) meaning "Kadeno Alley" or its other name 勘解由小路 (Kageyukōji) meaning "Kageyu Alley", a former alley in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]

Kadenokoji 勘解由小路, かでのこうじ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 勘解由小路 (see Kadenokōji).

Kadenokouji 勘解由小路, かでのこうじ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 勘解由小路 (see Kadenokōji).

Kadohata Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hata means "field".

Kadohira Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Kadokawa Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "Gate" and Kawa means "River". This surname means "Gated River".

Kadomatsu Japanese (Rare)
Kado ("Gate") + Matsu ("Pine Tree").

Kadoshima Japanese (Rare)
I don't want to assume it's rare but it's definitely uncommon. Kado means "Gate" and Shima means "Island".

Kadota Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "gate" and ta means "rice paddy, field".

Kadota 門田, かどた Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kadowaki Japanese

Kadowaki 門脇, かどわき Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "corner, edge" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Kadoya 門屋, かどや Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling".

Kaetsu 嘉悦 Japanese
From Japanese 嘉 (Ka) meaning "applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious", and 悦 (etsu) meaning "ecstasy, joy, rapture". Other kanji combinations are possible, and can create alternate meanings.