Browse Submitted Surnames

Kukino 久木野, 柊野, 柊木野 Japanese
It could be from 柊 (ku, kuki) meaning "holly, ilex" combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, plain". The ki portion could also be spelled with 木 (ki, gi) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]

Kumada 熊田, くまだ Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kumaki 熊木 Japanese
From 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 木 (ki) meaning "wood, tree".

Kumano Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kumata Japanese

Kumaya Japanese

Kunida 国田 Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "a land, a large place" combined with 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Kuniki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kunita Japanese

Kunito Japanese

Kunogi Japanese

Kunoki Japanese

Kurabe 倉部, 藏部, くらべ Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Kurada Japanese

Kurama Japanese
Kura can mean "own, possess, warehouse, storehouse" and ma can mean "horse".

Kurano Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse" no means "field, wilderness, plain".

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

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

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".

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kurota Japanese

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

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".

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

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

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

Kusumi Japanese

Kusuta Japanese

Kuwabe Japanese

Kuwada Japanese

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

Kuwano Japanese

Kuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuwata Japanese

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

Kuwaya Japanese

Kuyuko Japanese (Rare)

Kuzome 久染, くぞめ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久染 (see Hisazome).

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

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

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

Magari Japanese

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

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

Makida Japanese
Variant of Makita.

Makino 牧野, まきの Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

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)

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".

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

Marina Japanese

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".

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

Masada Japanese

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".

Masata 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]

Maseki Japanese

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

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

Masuta Japanese

Matake Japanese
Ma means "genuine" and take means "bamboo".

Matoba 的場, まとば Japanese
From Japanese 的 (mato) meaning "target, mark" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Matsue Japanese

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".

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

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

Mayumi Japanese

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".

Metoki 目時 Japanese

Mifune 三船, 御船, 御舟 Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 御 (mi) meaning "honourable" and 船 or 舟 (fune) meaning "ship, boat".

Migita 右田 Japanese
From 右 (migi) meaning "conservative, right, respect, counsel, aid, assist," and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice patty".

Mihara 三原 Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mijima Japanese
Variant of Mishima.

Mikage Japanese

Mikami 三上, みかみ Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Mikawa 三川, 美川, みかわ Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikiso Japanese

Mikumo Japanese
Mi can mean "beautiful" or "three" and kumo means "cloud".

Mimana 任那, みまな Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.

Mimori Japanese

Mimura 三村, みむら Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".

Minami 皆実 Japanese
From the Japanese "皆" (Mina) meaning "all" and "実" (mi) meaning "fruit", as well as other kanji and kanji combinations that are pronounced in the same way.

Minari Japanese

Minaru 御鳴, みなる Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).

Minato 湊, 港 Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour".

Mineta 峯田 Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Minoda Japanese

Minota Japanese

Minowa 箕輪, みのわ Japanese
From Japanese 箕 (mi) meaning "winnow", an unwritten possessive marker の (no) and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

Mirako Japanese

Misaka 御坂 Japanese (Modern)
This name is from Japanese anime A Certain Scientific Railgun's protagonist.

Misaki 三崎 Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Misato Japanese

Misawa 三沢, 三澤, みさわ Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Misora Japanese
Mi means "beautiful" and sora means "sky, heaven".

Misumi Japanese
Mi means "three" and sumi can mean "dwelling, residence, abode" or "corner, nook".

Mitaka 三鷹, 見高 Japanese
There is a city in Tokyo with this name. It is spelled using 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 鷹 (taka) meaning "falcon, eagle, hawk". As a surname, it could likely be spelled using 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset" or 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" as well.

Mitama Japanese

Mitani 三谷 Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Mitoma Japanese

Mitomi Japanese

Mitomi 三富, みとみ Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".

Mitsue 光永, 光江, 三枝, 満江, 三津江 Japanese
This surname is used as 光永, 光江, 三枝, 満江, 三ツ江 or 三津江 with 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru, mitsu) meaning "light, ray", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 永 (ei, naga.i, e) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy", 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb" and 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port."... [more]

Mitsui 三井, 三ツ井 Japanese
From the Japanese 三 (mi or san) and 井 (i) "well." The grammatical and phonetic add-on ツ (tsu) is not always included in this name's spelling.

Miyabe 宮部 Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Miyabo Japanese

Miyada Japanese

Miyagi 宮城 Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 城 (gi) meaning "castle".

Miyaki Japanese
Miya means "shrine" and ki means "tree, wood ".

Miyako Japanese (Rare)
Miyako means "capital" in vocabulary, but as a last name, it's written in the same characters as Kyoto.

Miyama 宮間, 美山, 深山 Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between". It can also be formed from 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 深 (mi) meaning "deep, profound" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Miyano 宮野 Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Miyara 宮良 Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 良 (ra) "good."

Miyatō 宮藤 Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

Miyuki みゆき, 御幸 Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "honorific prefix indicating respect, your, godly, imperial, royal, imperial, to govern, control, protect" and 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness, good luck, fortune".

Mizaki Japanese
Variant of Misaki.

Mizawa Japanese
Variant of Misawa.

Mizuda 水田 Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

Mizuki Japanese
Variant of Mitsuki.

Mizumo Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mo means "cloud".

Mizuse Japanese
Mizu means "water" and se means "ripple".

Mizuta 水田 Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mizuto 水登 Japanese

Mizuya Japanese
Variation of Mizutani.

Mogami 最上, 茂上, 毛上, 茂神 Japanese
From the town Mogami in Yamagata Prefecture. From mo (最; "most") and kami (上; "top").

Mokuno Japanese

Momoda Japanese

Momoki Japanese

Momose 百瀬, ももせ Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Momota 百田 Japanese
momota means "a hundred rice fields". the kanji used are 百(momo) meaning " hundred" and 田(ta) meaning "rice field".

Monden 門田 Japanese
Possibly from 門 (kado, mon) meaning "gate, doorway, entrance" and 田 (ta, den) meaning "rice paddy, field."

Monoka Japanese

Monoma 物間 Japanese
From Japanese 物 (mono) meaning "object" and 間 (ma) meaning "gap" or 物間 (monoma) meaning "among things"

Moriai 盛合, 森合 Japanese
From the Japanese 盛 (mori) "assortment" or 森 (mori) "forest" and 合 (ai) "fit," "suit," "join."

Moribe 森部, もりべ Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Morida Japanese

Morino Japanese
Mori means "forest" and no means "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Morito Japanese

Moriya 守屋, 守谷, 森屋, 森谷, もりや Japanese
From the Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker, guard, protect, defend" or 森 (mori) meaning "forest" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling" or 谷 (ya or tani) meaning "valley."

Motegi Japanese

Moteki 茂木 Japanese
From the Japanese 茂 (mote) "overgrown," "to grow thick" and 木 (ki, moku or boku) "tree."

Motoki Japanese
Moto means "root, source, origin" and ki means "tree, wood".

Motome 求, 元目, 求馬, もとめ Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 求, 元目 or 求馬 with 求 (kyuu, gu, moto.meru) meaning "demand, request, require, want, wish for", 元 (gan, gen, moto) meaning "beginning, former time, origin", 目 (boku, moku, ma, me, -me) meaning "care, class, experience, eye, favour, insight, look" and 馬 (ba, uma, uma-, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]

Motono 本野, 元野 Japanese
From 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Mukade 百足 Japanese (Rare)
Means "100 legs" or "centipede" in Japanese.

Mukawa Japanese

Munagi 鰻, むなぎ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).

Muneta 棟田 Japanese

Murada ムラダ, 村田 Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Muraji 村治 Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village" and 治 (ji, haru, osamu) meaning "clinical, administer, govern, rule".

Muraki 村木, むらき Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Murako Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "village, hamlet" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Murano Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."

Murase 村瀬, むらせ Japanese
rom Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Murata 村田 Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Muroya 室屋 Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Muyama 六山 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Nabata Japanese

Nabeta 鍋田 Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, pan, kettle", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy".

Nabeya 鍋谷 Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 谷 (tani, ya, gaya, gai) meaning "valley".

Nagada Japanese

Nagami Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and mi means "view, perspective".

Nagano 長野, 永野 Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Nagara Japanese

Nagare 流 Japanese
From 流 (nagare, nagaru, ryuu) meaning "flow, current, stream".

Nagase ながせ, 永瀬, 長瀬 Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal" or 長 (naga) meaning "long" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "torent, ripple, rapids, current".

Nagasu 長洲 Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 洲 (su) meaning "continent".

Nagata 長田, 永田 Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nagato Japanese (Rare)
There might be different readings, but one is Naga meaning "chief" and to meaning "gate".... [more]

Nagawa 奈河, ながわ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈河 (see Naka).

Nagaya 長屋, ながや Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling".

Nagibe Japanese

Nagira Japanese

Nagumo Japanese

Nagura Japanese

Naguro Japanese
Variant of Nakuro.

Naitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Naitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Najima Japanese

Nakaba 中, 仲, なかば Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 or 仲 (see Naka).

Nakada 中田 Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nakaga 仲嘉, なかが Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲嘉 (see Naka).

Nakago Japanese

Nakaji Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ji means "soil, ground".

Nakajo 中城, 中条 Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 条 (jo) meaning "article, strips" or 城 (jo) meaning "castle".

Nakaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ki means "tree, wood".

Nakama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ma can mean "pause" or "genuine, true real".

Nakami Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".

Nakane 仲根, 中根, なかね Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakasa Japanese

Nakase 中瀬, 仲瀬 Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, current".

Nakata 中田 Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nakawa 奈河, なかわ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈河 (see Naka).

Nakaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakaya 中谷, なかや Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nakaya 仲谷, なかや Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relation, relationship" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Namaru Japanese

Namazu 鯰, なまず Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a former large village in the former district of Aida in the former Japanese province of Mimasaka in parts of present-day Okayama, Japan.

Namazu 鯰, なまず Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a division in the town of Kashima in the district of Kamimashiki in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.

Nameda Japanese

Namiki 並木, なみき Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Namura Japanese

Nanaho 七宝, 七寳, ななほう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahō 七宝, 七寳, ななほう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 七宝 (see Shippō) and can be also spelled 七寳.

Nanami 七海 Japanese
From Japanese 七海 (nanami) meaning "seven seas".

Nanjou 南條, 南条, 南場, なんじょう Japanese
From Japanese 南 (nan) meaning "south" combined with 條 (jou) meaning "article", 条 (jou) with the same meaning as the previous, or 場 (jou) meaning "location".

Nansai 南齋 Japanese

Narida Japanese

Narita 成田 Japanese
From 成 (nari) meaning "become", and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy".

Narita 成田, なりた Japanese
From Japanese 成 (nari) meaning "become" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Narumi Japanese
Naru means "become". Mi means "veiw, outlook".

Narumi 鳴海, なるみ Japanese
From Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning "cry" and 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Naruse 成瀬, なるせ Japanese
From Japanese 成 (naru) meaning "become" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Natori Japanese

Natori 名取, なとり Japanese
From Japanese 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 取 (toru) meaning "take, fetch".

Nawada Japanese

Nawata Japanese

Negoro Japanese

Nemoto 根本 Japanese
From 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, source, foundation" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin".

Nerome Japanese

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".

Nijino 虹乃 Japanese
Made up of the kanji 虹, meaning "rainbow", and 乃 ,meaning "of"。... [more]

Nimura 二村, にむら Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nippon 日本 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Nishii 西井, にしい Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nishio 西尾 Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nitobe Japanese

Niwano 庭野 Japanese
From niwa and no.

Nobara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Nobira 野平 Japanese
From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."

Nobori Japanese

Nogami 野上 Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Nogawa Japanese
Variant of Nokawa.

Nogita 野北 Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Nohara 野原, のはら Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Nojima 野島, 野嶋, のじま Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Nojiri Japanese
No means "rice paddy, field" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".

Nokawa 野川 Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Nomizu 野水 Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Nomori 野森, 乃森 Japanese (?)
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Nomoto 野本, 野元, のもと Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".

Nomura 野村 Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nonaka 野中 Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Norida Japanese

Norita Japanese

Nosaka Japanese

Nosaki Japanese

Nōsawa 納沢, のうさわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nosawa Japanese
No means "field, plain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nosawa 納沢, のうさわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōsawa).

Notomi Japanese

Nowara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Noyama 野山 Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 野 meaning "Field", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Noyori Japanese

Nozaki Japanese

Nozaki 野崎, のざき Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Nōzawa 納沢, のうざわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Nozawa 納沢, のうざわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nukuto 抽冬 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading or transcription of Nukutō.

Nukuto 貫渡, 〆渡 Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 貫 (nuku) meaning "pierce; go through" and 渡 (to) meaning "go across, migrate".

Nukutō 抽冬 Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 抽く (nuku) meaning "to pull out; to draw out" and 冬 (tō) meaning "winter".

Numada Japanese

Numata 沼田, ぬまた Japanese
From Japanese 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nunoya Japanese

Nureki 濡木 Japanese
From 濡 (nu, nure) meaning "wet" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Obashi Japanese
Variant of Ohashi.

Obuchi 小渕 Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (o, "small") and 渕 (淵, fuchi, "abyss, edge"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi (小渕 恵三; 1937–2000).

Ochiai 落合, おちあい Japanese
From Japanese 落 (ochi) meaning "fall, leave behind, drop" and 合 (ai) meaning "fit, suit, join".

Ochiya 落谷 Japanese
A variant of Ochitani.

Oguchi Japanese
"Big, great mouth/opening".

Ōgushi 大串, おおぐし Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 串 (kushi) meaning "skewer, spit".

Ogushi 大串, おおぐし Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大串 (see Ōgushi).

Ōhashi 大橋 Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ohashi 大橋 Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōhashi.

Ohguro Japanese
Variant transcription of Oguro.

Ohjima Japanese
Variant transcription of Ojima.