Japanese Submitted Surnames

Kaieda Japanese

Kaifu 海部 Japanese
Combination of the kanji 海 (kai, "sea, ocean") and 部 (bu, "division, section"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹; b. 1931).

Kaigan Japanese

Kaihatsu 開発, 開發 Japanese
From Japanese 開発 (Kaihatsu) meaning "Kaihatsu", a former village in the former district of Imizu in the former Japanese province of Etchū in present-day Toyama, Japan.

Kaihotsu 開発, 開發 Japanese
Variant reading of Kaihatsu.

Kaino Japanese

Kaisaki 貝崎, かいさき Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 貝崎 (see Kaizaki).

Kaita Japanese

Kaito Japanese

Kaiyō 回陽, カイヨウ Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 回 (e, kai, ka.eru, mawa.shi-, -mawa.shi, mawa.su, -mawa.su, -mawa.ri, mawa.ru, -mawa.ru, motoo.ru) meaning "game, revolve, round" and 陽 (you, hi) meaning "daytime, heaven, male, positive, sunshine, yang principle."... [more]

Kaizaki 貝崎, かいざき Japanese
From Japanese 貝 (kai) meaning "aquatic shellfish" and 崎 (saki) meaning "small peninsula; cape".

Kaizawa 貝澤, かいざわ Japanese
From Japanese 貝 (Kai) meaning "shellfish" and 澤 (Sawa, Zawa) meaning "swamp".

Kaji 梶 Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "wind". This is the last name of famous Japanese voice actor from Tokyo Japan, Yūki Kaji.

Kajibara Japanese
Variant of Kajihara.

Kajihara Japanese
Kaji means "wind" and hara means "plain, field".

Kajikawa Japanese

Kajima Japanese
Variant of Kashima.

Kajita 梶田, かじた Japanese
From Japanese 梶 (kaji) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kajitani Japanese
Rare Japanese surname, roughly meaning "to add to the field; extend field boundaries".

Kajiura Japanese (Rare)
Kaji means "wind" and Ura means "seacoast, bay".... [more]

Kajiwara 梶原, かじわら Japanese
From Japanese 梶 (kaji) meaning "paper mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kajiwara Japanese
Written with characters meaning ‘oar’ and ‘plain’, this name is found mostly in western Japan.

Kakashi Japanese
This might come from the given name.

Kakawa Japanese

Kakesu Japanese

Kaki 柿 Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon".

Kakibara Japanese
Variant of Kakihara.

Kakida Japanese

Kakihara 柿原, かきはら Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actor Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也, 1982–).

Kakii Japanese
Kaki means "pomegranate" means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kakimura Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Kakine 垣根 Japanese (Rare)
Kaki (垣) means "fence", ne (根) means "root, base, foundation". Notable bearers of this surname are Takuya Kakine, a football player, and Teitoku Kakine, a character from Toaru Majutsu no Index

Kakino Japanese

Kakinoki Japanese
"Persimmon tree."

Kakinuma Japanese
Kaki means "Persimmon" and Numa means "Swamp".

Kakinuma 柿沼, かきぬま Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Kakisaki Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Kakisawa Japanese

Kakita 柿田 Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kakiwara Japanese
Variant of Kakihara.

Kakizaki Japanese
Variant of Kakisaki.

Kakizaki 柿崎, かきざき Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kakizaki 蠣崎, かきざき Japanese
From Japanese 蠣 (kaki) meaning "oyster" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kakizawa Japanese

Kaku Japanese
Kaku means "draw."

Kakugai Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kakugaya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kakuma 加隈 Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 隈 (kuma) meaning "corner, shade".

Kakutani 角谷 Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Kakuya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Kamachi Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and chi means "ground, soil", or it could be spelled as ka meaning "add, increase" and machi meaning "town".

Kamada 鎌田 Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (Tạ) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamado Japanese
A traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fuelled cookstove/furnace (竈 kama), while the second means "door" (門 do). Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kamado 竈門 Japanese (Rare)
Means "cooking furnace opening" in Japanese.

Kamai Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kamakado 竈門 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Kamado.

Kamakubo Japanese

Kamakura Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and kura means "storehouse."

Kamase 釜瀬, 鎌瀬, 釜世, 蒲瀬, かませ Japanese
From Japanese 釜 (kama) meaning "cauldron; pot; kettle" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current".

Kamata 鎌田 Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kambayashi 神林, 上林 Japanese

Kameda 亀田 Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamegai Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamegaya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamei 亀井 Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "turtle well". It is written as 亀井. A bearer of this surname is Eri Kamei. She is a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. (1988-)

Kamenashi かめなし Japanese
Means "turle pear" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 亀 (turtle) and 梨 (pear).

Kameoka 亀岡, かめおか Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kametani Japanese
"Turtle valley."

Kametaro Japanese (Rare)

Kameya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kameyama 亀山, かめやま Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kami 神, かみ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kamida Japanese

Kamigai Japanese

Kamigawa Japanese
Variant of Kamikawa.

Kamigaya Japanese

Kamihigashi Japanese

Kamijo Japanese

Kamijou Japanese

Kamikawa Japanese

Kamikaze 神風, かみかぜ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind".

Kamikura 神蔵, 上倉 Japanese

Kamimoto Japanese

Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "

Kaminaga 神長, 神永 Japanese
Kami/神 = "God, Spirit, Supernatural Being" Naga/永 ,長. 永 = "Eternal" 長 = "Length". So it basically means "God Eternal" or "God length".

Kaminari 上鳴, 雷 Japanese
From Japanese 上 (kami) meaning "above" and 鳴 (nari) meaning "sound, to ring" or 雷 (kaminari) meaning "thunder"

Kamino 紙野, かみの Japanese
formed with 紙 (Shi, Kami) meaning "Paper" and 野 (Ya, Sho, No) meaning "Field". Which means the surname could possible come out as “Field of Paper”

Kamio 神尾, 上尾 Japanese
The Japanese surname "Kamio" (上尾) typically means "upper tail" or "upper end." Surnames in Japanese often have different origins and meanings, but "Kamio" likely originated from a geographic feature or a historical occupation.

Kamioka Japanese

Kamisaka Japanese
Kami can mean "god" or "above, upper, top" and saka means "hill, slope."

Kamisaku Japanese

Kamita Japanese

Kamitai Japanese

Kamitani Japanese

Kamiyama 神山, 上山 Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamizaka Japanese
Variant of Kamisaka.

Kamizawa Japanese

Kamon Japanese

Kamori Japanese
Ka means "increase, step up" or "congratulation" and mori means "forest".

Kamosawa Japanese
Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kamoshida 鴨志田 Japanese
From Japanese 鴨 (kamo) meaning "duck", 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamoto 加本, 嘉本, 家本, 賀本, 下元 Japanese
This surname is used as 加本, 嘉本, 家本, 賀本, 下元, 嘉元 or 賀元 with 加 (ka, kuwa.eru, kuwa.waru) meaning "add(ition), Canada, include, increase, join," 嘉 (ka, yoi, yomi.suru) meaning "applaud, esteem, praise," 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional," 賀 (ga, ka) meaning "congratulations, joy," 下 (ka, ge, o.riru, kuda.saru, kuda.ri, kuda.ru, sa.garu, sa.geru, shita, shimo, moto) meaning "below, descend, down, give, inferior, low," 本 (hon, moto) meaning "book, main, origin, present, real, true" and 元 (gan, gen, moto) meaning "beginning, former time, origin."

Kampa 寒波, かんぱ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒波 (kampa) meaning "cold wave", referring to possibly a person described as having cold vibes or an event that involved cold waves.

Kampu 寒風, かんぷう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kampū 寒風, かんぷう Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風 (kampū) meaning "cold winter wind", referring to possibly a person described as cold or an event that involved cold wind.

Kampū 寒風, かんぷう Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風 (Kampū) meaning "Kampū", a former division in the former large village of Kamiminamiaosawa in the former district of Akumi in the former Japanese province of Ugo in parts of present-day Akita and Yamagata in Japan.

Kampuh 寒風, かんぷう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kampuu 寒風, かんぷう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kamuro Japanese

Kan 神, かん Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kana 海南, かな Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 海南 (see Unami).

Kanada 金田 Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kaneda.

Kanae 神, かなえ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kanagai Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanagaya Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanai Japanese

Kanai 金井, かない Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kanakuri Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, firmness" combined with 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut". ... [more]

Kaname Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and ne means "root, origin".

Kanamori 金森 Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, money" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kanamoto Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Kanani Japanese

Kanaoka Japanese
Kana means "metal, money, gold" and oka means "hill, mound",

Kanasawa Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".=

Kanata Japanese
Variant of Kanada.

Kanatani Japanese

Kanatsu Japanese

Kanaya Japanese
Variant of Kanatani.

Kanaya 金谷, かなや Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kanayama 金山, かなやま Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kanazawa 金沢, 金澤 Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money, gold" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kanbara 神原 Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kan) meaning "god" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kanbayashi 上林, 官林, 管林, 神林 Japanese
From the Japanese 上 (kan, kami or ue) "upper," "above," 管 (kan) "tube," "canal," 官 (kan) "authorities," "government" or 神 (kan, kami or shin) "god" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods," "grove."

Kanbe Japanese
It's written as kan meaning "god, deity" and be meaning "door".

Kando 漢人 Japanese

Kaneda 金田 Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "metal" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Kanedakara 金宝 Japanese
Combination Kanji Character "金" meaning "Gold", with "宝" meaning "Treasure".

Kanehara 金原, かねはら Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kanehira 金平, かねひら Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Kaneki 金城, 金木, 金気, 金喜, 兼城 Japanese
This surname is used as 金城, 金木, 金気, 金喜, 兼城, 兼木 or 鹿子木 with 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold," 兼 (ken, ka.neru, -ka.neru) meaning "and, concurrently," 城 (jou, shiro, ki) meaning "castle," 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood," 気 (ki, ke, iki) meaning "air, atmosphere, mood, mind, spirit," 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in," 鹿 (roku, ka, shika) meaning "deer" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."

Kanekitsu Japanese (Rare)

Kanemitsu Japanese
Kane means "gold, metal" and mitsu means "light".

Kanemoto Japanese
Topographic name meaning ‘(one who lives) near where gold (or any metal) is found’. Found in the island of Okinawa, where it is variously written. ... [more]

Kanemoto 金本, かねもと Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kaneniwa Japanese
"Golden garden."

Kaneshiro 金城, かねしろ Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Kaneta Japanese

Kanetsune Japanese

Kanie 蟹江, かにえ Japanese
From Japanese 蟹 (kani) meaning "crab" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Kanja 冠者, かんじゃ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 冠者 (Kanja), a variant spelling of 管者 (Kanja) meaning "Kanja", a former division in the district of Chīsagata in the former Japanese province of Shinano in present-day Nagano, Japan.

Kankaze 寒風, かんかぜ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).

Kanno 菅野 Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.

Kano Japanese

Kano 狩野, かの Japanese
From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kanō 加納, かのう Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".

Kanō 加納, かのう Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".

Kanou Japanese

Kanouchi Japanese

Kanroji 甘露寺 Japanese
Fron Japanese 甘 (kan) meaning "sweet", 露 (ro) meaning "dew" and 寺 (ji) meaning "temple".

Kanza 神座, かんざ Japanese
formed with 神 (Shin, Jin, Kami, Kan, Kou) meaning "God" and 座 (Za) meaning "Squat, Seat". Which means the surname could possible come out as “A seat for gods”

Kanzawa 寒風澤, かんざわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風澤 (see Sabusawa).

Kanze 観世, かんぜ Japanese (Rare)
Derived from Japanese 観世 (Kanze), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Kanzemaru) or a variant reading of 観世 (Miyo), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Miyomaru).

Karakawa Japanese
Kara means "larch" and kawa means "river, stream".

Karamatsu Japanese
Kara means "Larch" (green needles poking from a tree) and Matsu means "Pine/Fur Tree".

Karan 加覧, 加蘭, 荷蘭, からん Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 加覧 (see Garan).

Karasawa Japanese

Karasu 烏, 鴉, 唐須, カラス Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 烏 (u, o, izukunzo, karazu, nanzo) meaning "crow, raven" or 鴉, which is an outdated variant of 烏.... [more]

Karasuma Japanese

Kariatsumari 狩集, カリアツマリ Japanese (Rare)
Combination of 狩り (kari) meaning "hunt(ing)" and 集まり (atsumari) meaning "gathering, meeting, assembly," mainly concentrated in Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan.... [more]

Karigai Japanese

Karigaya Japanese

Karino Japanese

Karitani Japanese

Kariya Japanese

Kasahara 笠原, かさはら Japanese
From Japanese 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kasahara 上砂原, かさはら Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sunahara 2. From an additional character of Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above; high; up" added to 砂原 (Sunahara) (see Sunahara 2).

Kasai 火災 Japanese
It means fire in Japanese

Kasaya Japanese

Kase 加瀬, かせ Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Kasei 火星 Japanese
From Japanese 火星 (kasei) meaning "Mars".

Kasei 何, かせい Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Kashibara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashihara Japanese
Kashi means "candy" and hara means "plain, field".

Kashii Japanese
Kashi can mean "candy" or "oak" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit"

Kashima Japanese

Kashima 鹿島, かしま Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kashimoto 樫本, かしもと Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kashimura Japanese

Kashimura 樫村, かしむら Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kashiwa 柏, カシワ Japanese
This surname is used as 柏 (haku, hyaku, byaku, kashiwa) meaning "oak."... [more]

Kashiwabara Japanese
Variant of Kashiwahara.

Kashiwabara 柏原, かしわばら Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kashiwada Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and da comes from ta meaning "field, rice paddy". ... [more]

Kashiwade Japanese (Rare)
This name is made of two symbols literally meaning "Chef".

Kashiwado Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and do means "door". ... [more]

Kashiwaeda 柏枝 Japanese
柏 (Kashiwa) means "Japanese emperor oak" and 枝 (eda) means "bough, twig, branch".

Kashiwagi 柏木 Japanese
From 柏 (kashiwa), which specifically refers the Japanese Emperor Oak/Daimyo oak (Quercus dentata), and 木 (ki), meaning "tree".

Kashiwagi 柏木, かしわぎ Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".

Kashiwako Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Kashiwara Japanese
Variant of Kashihara.

Kashiwazaki 柏崎, かしわざき Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kashiyama Japanese

Kasuba 斯波, かすば Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba 2).

Kasuga Japanese

Kasugano Japanese

Kasukabe Japanese

Kasukabo Japanese

Kasukawa Japanese

Kasuya 粕谷, かすや Japanese
From Japanese 粕 (kasu) meaning "dregs, sediment, scrap" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kataba 片場, かたば Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one side; one-sided" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Katagami 片上 Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "single" and 上 (gami) meaning "above".

Katagiri 片桐 Japanese
From the Japanese 片 (kata) "single-" and 桐 (giri) "foxglove tree."

Katai Japanese

Katakami 片上 Japanese
Variant transcription of Katagami.

Katanabe Japanese
Kata could mean "single" or "shape" and nabe could mean "pot, pan".

Katano Japanese

Katano 片野, かたの Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, part" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kataoka 片岡 Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Katase 片瀬 Japanese
From 片 (kata) meaning "one side, single" and 瀬 (se) meaning "current, ripple".

Katayama 片山 Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Katayose 片寄, かたよせ Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, partial" and 寄 (yose) meaning "contribute, donate, increase".

Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.

Katōno 上遠野, かとおの Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above, top, upper", 遠 (tō) meaning "distant, far off" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Katono 上遠野, かとおの Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上遠野 (see Katōno).

Katori Japanese

Katsu Japanese
Matsu means "victory".

Katsuda Japanese

Katsumaru Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and maru means "circle, round".

Katsumata Japanese
Katsu means "victory, win, prevail" and mata means "again, furthermore".

Katsumoto Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Katsura 桂, 勝占, 勝羅, 勝良, 曽良 Japanese
This surname is used as 桂, 勝占, 勝羅, 勝良, 曽良 or 葛良 with 桂 (kei, katsura) meaning "cinnamon tree, Japanese Judas-tree", 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win", 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once", 葛 (kachi, katsu, kuzu, tsudzura, katsura) meaning "arrowroot, kudzu", 占 (sen, urana.u, shi.meru) meaning "divining, forecasting, fortune-telling, get, have, hold, occupy, take", 羅 (ra, usumono) meaning "gauze, Rome, thin silk" and 良 (ryou, i.i, yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled."... [more]

Katsushima Japanese
The word Katsu (勝) meaning "cutlet" and the word Shima (島) meaning "mother".

Katsuta Japanese

Katsuta 勝田, かつた Japanese
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) meaning "victory" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Katsuyama Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Katta Japanese

Kattano Japanese (Rare)

Kavakami 川上 Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawakami more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kavasaki 川崎 Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawasaki more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Kawa Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream".

Kawabara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawabata Japanese
'Side or bank of the river'; written two ways, with two different characters for kawa ‘river’. One family is descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Saionji family; the other from the Sasaki family... [more]

Kawabata 川畑, かわばた Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Kawabata 川端, 河端, かわばた Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".

Kawabe Japanese

Kawabe 川辺, 河辺, かわべ Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Kawachi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and chi means "ground".

Kawada 川田 Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kawagai Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawagaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawagoe 川越, かわごえ Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 越 (koeru) meaning "pass, cross, go through".

Kawahara 川原, 河原 Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kawahata Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and hata means "field".

Kawahatsu Japanese

Kawai 川井 Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kawajiri Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and jiri comes from shiri meaning "rear, behind".

Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".

Kawakatsu Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and katsu means "victory".

Kawaki Japanese

Kawakita 川北 Japanese
川 (Kawa) means "River" and 北 (Kita) means "North".

Kawakubo Japanese

Kawamata Japanese

Kawamata 川又, かわまた Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 又 (mata) meaning "again, once more".

Kawamata 川俣, かわまた Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kawamoto 川本 Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kawamura 川村, 河村 Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kawanabe 川鍋, 川辺, 河鍋 Japanese

Kawanaka 川中 Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Kawanichi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nichi means "sun, day".

Kawanishi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nishi means "west".

Kawanishi 川西, かわにし Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Kawano 川野, 河野 Japanese
From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) and 野 (no) "field," "area."

Kawanoue Japanese

Kawara Japanese
Variant Kahara.

Kawarasaki Japanese

Kawarazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawarasaki.

Kawase Japanese
Kawase means "river" and se means "ripple".

Kawase 川瀬, 河瀬, かわせ Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Kawashima 川島, 川嶋, カワシマ Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream, brook" and 島 (shima) or 嶋 (shima) both meaning "island".

Kawashita Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and shita means "under, below".

Kawasugi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and sugi means "cedar".

Kawasumi Japanese

Kawata 川田 Japanese
Variant transcription of Kawada.

Kawatani Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and tani means "valley".

Kawato 川戸 Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".

Kawauchi 河内, 川内 Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kawa) or 川 (kawa) meaning "river" combined with 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kawawara Japanese
Variant of Kawahara.

Kawaya Japanese
Variant of Kawatani.

Kawaye Japanese (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kawai.

Kawazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawasaki.

Kawazoe Japanese
Variant of Kawasoe.

Kawazu 川津, 河津 Japanese (Rare)
Kawa (川, 河) means "river", tsu (津) means "port". Tsu changes to zu/dzu because of rendaku

Kayama 加山, かやま Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kayano Japanese (Rare), Brazilian
Kaya means "yew tree",and No means "field,meadow,wilderness".People with this last name are Kayano Gonbei (a samurai),Ai Kayano(a voice actress of MANY characters /more than 30),and Shigeru Kayano(an Ainu politician who lived well up to 2006)... [more]

Kayashima 萱島, かやしま Japanese
From Japanese 萱 (kaya) meaning "miscanthus reed" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kazaana 風穴, かざあな Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風穴 (kazaana) meaning "air hole", referring to a place with many air holes.

Kazamachi Japanese

Kazamatsuri 風祭, かざまつり Japanese
From Japanese 風祭 (Kazamatsuri) meaning "Kazamatsuri", an area in the city of Odawara in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.

Kazami 風見, かざみ Japanese
From Japanese 風 (kaza) meaning "wind, style" and 見 (mi) meaning "looking, viewing".