Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Japanese; and the length is 8.
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Achikita 遥北 Japanese (Rare)
遥 (Achi) means "distant, remote" and 北 (kita) means "north".
Agatsuma 上妻, 我妻 Japanese (Rare)
From 上 (aga) meaning "upper, top, above" or 我 (aga) meaning "ego, I, oneself, our, selfish" and 妻 (tsuma) meaning "wife, spouse".
Aikuzawa 愛久沢, 愛久澤, あいくざわ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1 or Akuzawa 2).
Akahoshi 赤星, あかほし Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".
Akamakka 赤真下, 赤眞下, あかまっか Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red", referring to pinus densiflora, and 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.... [more]
Akanishi あかにし Japanese
Means "red west" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 西 (west).
Akashiro 赤城, 丹城 Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".... [more]
Akashita 赤下, 丹下 Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) or 丹 (aka) both meaning "red" combined with 下 (shita) meaning "below, down, descend, give, low, inferior". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akatsuka 赤塚, あかつか Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Akatsuki 丹月, 朱月, 紅月 Japanese
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, moon". This surname is a reference to what the moon looks like during a lunar eclipse.... [more]
Akehashi Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (ake) meaning "shining, bright" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Akinashi 春夏冬 Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 秋なし (aki nashi) meaning "no autumn". This is due to the absence of 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" in 春夏冬 (haru-natsu-fuyu) meaning "spring, summer, winter".
Akishima Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" or "bright" and shima means "island".... [more]
Akishino 秋篠 Japanese
秋 (Aki) means "autumn" and 篠 (shino) means "dwarf bamboo".
Akiyoshi Japanese
Aki can mean "bright" or "autumn", and yoshi can mean "good luck, fortune".
Amatsubo 雨坪, あまつぼ Japanese (Rare)
Means "rainy atrium, rainy courtyards". From Japanese 雨 meaning "rain", and "坪" meaning "(inner)garden, atrium, courtyard". A famous bearer is Mitsumasa Amatsubo.
Anshitsu 安室 Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.
Arashima 荒島, あらしま Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "wild, rough, desolate, barren" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Arashiro Japanese (Rare)
A Japanese surname. A bearer of this surname is Yukiya Arashiro (Born 1984-) He is a Japanese cyclist.
Arishima 有島, ありしま Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess, exist" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Ariyoshi 有吉 Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good".
Asabushi 朝武士, あさぶし Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 朝武士 (see Asamushi).
Asaidori 浅井取, あさいどり Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅井取 (asaidori), assigned letters to Iwami dialect アサイドリ (asaidori) meaning "elaeagnus".
Asamushi 浅虫, 朝武士, あさむし Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅虫 (Asamushi) meaning "Asamushi", an area in the city of Aomori in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [more]
Ashikaga Japanese
Ashikaga is a surname that originated with samurai families. Kaga means "Flower Bud,Reed" and Ashi means "Place",but it is most commonly, ( if not always ) written with characters meaning ,"foot" and "advantage".
Ashitomi 安次富, 蘆富, あしとみ Japanese
Atsusaka 阿津坂 Japanese
From 阿 (a) meaning "nook, corner", 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbor" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".
Benihana 紅粉, べにはな Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紅粉 (see Kōka).
Busujima 毒島 Japanese
Sacrifice, Innovative, Powerful
Chishiya ちしや, 千司哉 Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" 散 (chi) meaning "scatter", 梓 (shi) meaning "Japanese cherry birch", 塩 (shio) meaning "salt", 沙 (shi) meaning "sand", 司 (shi) meaning "to take charge of; to control; to manage", 史 (shi) meaning "history", 四 (shi) meaning "four", 士 (shi) meaning "samurai, warrior", 子 (shi) meaning "child", 市 (shi) meaning "market", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition", 氏 (shi) meaning "a family; a clan", 糸 (shi) meaning "thread", 紙 (shi) meaning "paper", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple; violet", 至 (shi) meaning "to reach; to arrive", 詩 (shi) meaning "poetry, poem", 資 (shi) meaning "money; fund; wealth; capital", 汐 (shi) meaning "evening tide; night tides; ebb", 心 (shi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 清 (shi) meaning "clear; limpid", and 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation... [more]
Daidouji 大道寺 Japanese
From 大 (dai, tai, o) meaning "big, large, great", combined with 道 (michi, do) meaning "road, way, trail, path", and 寺 (ji, tera) meaning "temple".
Dainichi だいにち, 大日 Japanese (Rare)
From 大 (dai) meaning "large, big, great" and 日 (nichi) meaning "day, sun".
Dakurige 駄栗毛, だくりげ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 駄栗毛 (Dakurige) meaning "Dakurige", a division in the area of Sawane in the city of Sado in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.
Demegawa 出目川, デメガワ Japanese
From Japanese 出 (de) "out", 目 (me) "eye" and 川 (kawa) "river".
Ebitsubo 海老坪, えびつぼ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海老坪 (Ebitsubo) meaning "Ebitsubo", a division in the area of Mimura in the city of Ishioka in the prefecture of Ibaraki in Japan.
Egashira 江頭, えがしら Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 頭 (kashira) meaning "head".
Enoshima 江ノ島 Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay", ノ (no) which is a particle of possession, and 島 (shima) meaning "island". This can refer to the island in the Kanagawa prefecture.
Enshōgan 焔硝岩, 㷔硝岩 Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 焔 (en) meaning "blaze" and 硝岩 (shōgan), derived from 硝石 (shōseki) meaning "saltpeter" by replacing the character 石 (seki) meaning "stone" with 岩 (gan) meaning "rock".
Enshogan 焔硝岩, 㷔硝岩 Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 焔硝岩 (see Enshōgan).
Enshōiwa 焔硝岩, 㷔硝岩 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 焔硝岩 (see Enshōgan).
Enshoiwa 焔硝岩, 㷔硝岩 Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 焔硝岩 (see Enshōiwa).
Fudeyasu Japanese
Fude means "handwriting, painting/writing brush" and yasu means "cheap, relax, peaceful".
Fujigawa 不死川 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Shinazugawa.
Fujihara 藤原 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Fujijima Japanese
A variant of Fujishima, meaning "Wisteria island".
Fujikawa 藤川 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Fujikura Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and kura means "storehouse".
Fujimaki 藤牧 Japanese
From 藤 (fuji, tou) meaning "wisteria" and 牧 (maki) meaning "shpeherd, tend cattle".
Fujinaga 藤永 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity".
Fujinaka 藤中 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Fujinami Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and nami means "wave".
Fujisaki 藤崎 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".
Fujisato 藤里 Japanese
藤 (Fuji) means "wisteria" and 里 (sato) means "hamlet, village".
Fujitani 藤谷, ふじたに Japanese
From 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley."
Fujiwaki 藤脇 Japanese
From 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria, kudzu", and 脇 (waki) meaning "flank, armpit, side, underarm, the other way, supporting role, another place".
Fujiyama 藤山 Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Fujiyasu 藤安, ふじやす Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".
Fukagaya Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and gaya means "valley".
Fukahori 深堀 Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 堀 (hori) meaning "moat".
Fukasawa Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and sawa means "wetland, swamp, marsh".
Fukatani Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and tani means "valley".
Fukazawa 深沢, 深澤, ふかざわ Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Fukuhara 福原, ふくはら Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Fukumori Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and mori means "forest".
Fukumoto 福本, ふくもと Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Fukumura 福村, 譜久村 Japanese
It means "Happy Village" in Japanese.
Fukunaga 福永, ふくなが Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".
Fukusawa Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".
Fukuyama 福山, ふくやま Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Funamizu 船水, ふなみず Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Funayama 船山, 舟山 Japanese
From Japanese 舟 or 船 (funa) meaning "boat, ship" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Furihata Japanese
Furi might refer to "fluterring sleeves", and hata means "field".
Furuhara Japanese
Furu means "old" and hara means "field, plain".
Furukane Japanese
Furu means "old" and kane means "gold, money, metal".
Furumiya Japanese
Furu means "old" and miya means "shrine, temple".
Furunaka Japanese
Furu means "old" and naka means "middle".
Furusawa 古沢, 古澤, ふるさわ Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Furutani Japanese
Furu means "old" and tani means "valley".
Furuyama 古山, ふるやま Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Futamura Japanese
From Japanese 二 (futa) meaning "two" or 双 (futa) meaning "pair", and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Gotozato 五十里, ごとざと Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Gushiken 具志堅 Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".
Hagakure 葉隠 Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 隠 (gakure) meaning "to disappear"
Hagimori 萩森 Japanese
From 萩 (hagi) meaning "clover" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Haginaga 脛永, はぎなが Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 脛永 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a division in the town of Ibigawa in the district of Ibi in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 脛長 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a former large village in the same location, in the district of Ikeda in the former Japanese province of Mino in parts of present-day Gifu in Japan.
Hagiwara 萩原 Japanese
From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".
Hakosaki Japanese
Hako means "box" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Hamadate 浜舘, 濱舘, 浜館, 濱館 Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 舘 or 館(date or tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace"
Hamajima 浜島, はまじま Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Hamakawa 浜川, 濱川, 浜河, 濱河 Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."
Hamamasa 浜正, 濱正, はままさ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamamoto 濱本, 浜本, ハマモト Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Hamamura 浜村, 濱村 Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hamanaka Japanese
Hama means "beach" and naka means "middle".
Hamashoh 浜正, 濱正, はましょう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamashou 浜正, 濱正, はましょう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamataka Japanese
Hana means "beach" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".
Hamazaki 浜崎 Japanese
Variant of Hamasaki.
Hamazono 濱園 Japanese
Hamazono/濱園 = "Beach Garden"
Hanabusa 花房 Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 房 (busa) meaning "room*.
Hanafusa 花房 Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower, blossom" and 房 (fusa) meaning "room, chamber".
Hanakawa 花川 Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".
Hanamura 花村, はなむら Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hanasaki 花咲, 華咲 Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". A fictional bearer of this surname is Tsubomi Hanasaki (花咲 つぼみ) from Heartcatch! Pretty Cure.
Hanasato 花里 Japanese
花里
Hanasawa Japanese
Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hanasono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and sono means "garden".
Hanayama 華山, 花山 Japanese
From 華 or 花 (hana) meaning "flower, blossom" combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hanazawa 花沢, 花澤 Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Hanazono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and zono is a form of sono meaning "garden".
Hanekawa 羽川 Japanese
羽 meaning feathers, counter for birds, rabbits.川 meaning stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical
Hanesaka 羽根坂, はねさか Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 羽根坂 (Hanesaka), the common name for the area of Furukawachōshimono in the city of Hida in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan.
Hanesato 羽里, はねさと Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 羽里 (see Hari).
Haneyama 羽山 Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hanzaike 繁在家, はんざいけ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 繁在家 (Hanzaike), sound- and script-changed from 半在池 (Hanzaiike) meaning "Hanzaiike", a division in the area of Kirida in the city of Towada in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan... [more]
Hanzaiya 繁在家,はんざいや Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 繁在家 (see Hanzaiya).
Haramoto Japanese
Hara means "plain, wilderness, field" and moto means "origin".
Harimoto Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and moto means "base, origin, source, root".
Haritani Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and tani means "valley".
Harugaya Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".
Harukawa 春河, 春川 Japanese
harukawa means "spring river". the kanji used are 春(haru) meaning "spring (the season)" and 河 (kawa) meaning "river" . you could also use 川 (kawa) as the second kanji, but using 河 looks better.
Harumoto 春本, 春元, 東本, はるもと Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring season" or 東 (haru) meaning "east, Orient" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, source, origin".
Harutami 春民 Japanese
It could be from 春 (haru) meaning "spring season" combined with 民 (tami, tamiyo) meaning "people, nationals, citizens, civil".
Harutani Japanese
Haru means "spring" and tani means "valley".
Haruyama 春山 Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Hashioka 橋岡 Japanese
From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".
Hasudera 蓮寺, はすでら Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus, nelumbo nucifera" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".
Hasunuma Japanese
Hasu means "Lotus" and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Hatanaka 畑中, はたなか Japanese
From Japanese 畑 (hata) meaning "field" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Hatayama 畑山, 畠山, はたやま Japanese
From Japanese 畑 (hata) or 畠 (hata) both meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hatoyama 鳩山 Japanese
Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).
Hayabusa Japanese
This name means "falcon" in Japanese.
Hayagawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Hayakawa.
Hayakawa 早川 Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "early, fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hayamizu Japanese
Haya means "fast" or "hawk" and mizu means "water".
Hebiyama 蛇山, へびやま Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇 (hebi) meaning "snake; serpent" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many snakes.
Hijikata 土方, 土片, 泥方, 泥片, ヒジカタ Japanese
From 泥 (hiji) meaning "mud, mire," more often written as 土, from tsuchi meaning "earth, soil, dirt, mud," and 方 (kata) meaning "direction, way" or, more rarely, 片 (kata) meaning "one (of a pair); incomplete, fragmentary" (cognate with 方).... [more]
Hikohito Japanese
Hiko means "prince" and hito means "person".
Hikosaka 彦坂, ひこさか Japanese
From Japanese 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".
Hikufuyu 抽冬 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nukutō.
Hinomori 日野森, ひのもり Japanese (Rare)
From 日 (hi) meaning "day, sun", 野 (no) meaning "field, plain", and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Hinomoto 日本 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.
Hirakawa 平川 Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hiramoto Japanese
Hira means "peace" and moto means "origin".
Hiramoto 平本, ひらもと Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Hiranaka Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and naka means "middle".
Hiranuma 平沼 Japanese
Combination of the kanji 平 (hira, "flat; ordinary; low-ranking person") and 沼 (numa, "swamp, bog"), thus "flat swamp".
Hirasaka Japanese
Hira means "peace" and saka means "hill, slope".
Hirasawa 平沢, 平澤 Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Hiratani Japanese
Hira means "level, peace" and tani means "valley".
Hirayama 平山 Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hirokawa 広川, 廣川, ヒロカワ Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hiromasa Japanese
Hito means "wide, broad, large" and masa means "".
Hirosawa Japanese
Hiro means "broad, spacious, wide" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hiroyasu Japanese
Hiro means "broad, wide, spacious" and yasu means "cheap, peace, relax".
Hirukawa 蛭川, ひるかわ Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hisaishi Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago, lasting" and ishi means "stone".
Hisamaru Japanese
Hisa means "long time, long time ago, longetivity" and maru means "circle, round".
Hisamoto 久本 Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Hisamura 久村, ひさむら Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hisanaga 久永, ひさなが Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
Hisatomi Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".
Hisatomi 久富, 久冨, ひさとみ Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".
Hisayuto 久優斗, 久悠斗, 久悠人, 久悠翔, 久優翔 Japanese
From 久 (hisa) meaning “long time, long time ago”, combined with 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" and 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 人 (to) meaning "person" or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly".
Hisazome 久染, ひさぞめ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time" and 染 (zome), the joining continuative form of 染める (someru) meaning "to dye", referring to the process of dying for a long time.
Hitokiri Japanese
A notable bearer is the author Gentatsu Hitokiri.
Hitotose Japanese (Rare)
This surname consists of the kanji that reads "spring, summer, autumn, and winter" in that order.
Hokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Hoki means "cave, grotto, den", no means "of, therefore", and ue means "upper, top, above". ... [more]
Horigome 掘米 Japanese
掘 (Hori) means "moat" and 米 (gome) means "rice, America". ... [more]
Horikawa 堀川, 堀河, ほりかわ Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".
Horikiri Japanese
Hori means "moat, canal" and kiri means "paulownia".
Horikita Japanese (Rare)
Hori ("Moat"),this can also be used: Ho ("Protect") + Ri ("Benefit,Profit,Gain") + Kita ("North").
Horimiya Japanese
Hori means "moat, canal" and miya means "shrine, temple".
Horisawa Japanese
Hori means "canal, moat" and sawa means "swamp, marsh, wetland".
Horiuchi 堀内, ほりうち Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Hosodaki 細滝 Japanese (Rare)
Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Daki (滝) means "waterfall". Daki is a variant of Taki and it changed the T to D due to rendaku. See also Hosotaki
Hosokawa 細川 Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hosomiya Japanese
Hoso means "thin, slender, narrow, fine" and miya means "shrine, palace, temple".
Hosonuma Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine, narrow, slender" numa means "swamp".
Hososaki Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine, narrow, slender" "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Hosotaki 細滝 Japanese (Rare)
Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Taki (滝) means "waterfall". Sometimes Taki changes to Daki due to rendaku. See also Hosodaki
Hosotani Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine slender narrow" and tani means "valley".
Hosotera Japanese
Hoso means "fine, thin, slender, narrow" and tera means "temple".
Hosoyama Japanese
Hoso means "thin, slender, fine, narrow" and yama means "mountain, hill".
Hotohara 蛍原 Japanese
From 蛍 (hoto, hotaru) meaning "firefly" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Ichihara 一原, いちはら, 市原 Japanese
This surname combines 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu) meaning "one" or 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town" with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness".... [more]
Ichijiku 九, いちじく Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 九 (ichijiku) meaning "9".
Ichikawa 市川 Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ichimasa 市正 Japanese
From 市 (ichi) meaning "market, shop" and 正 (masa) meaning "right, correct, proper, justice".
Ichimura Japanese
Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and mura means "hamlet, village".
Ichimura 市村, いちむら Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Ichimura 一村, いちむら Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Ichinohe 一戸 Japanese
This is the name of a town in Iwate prefecture. It is spelled with 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 戸 (he) meaning "door". It is not spelled the same as Ichinoe, the name of a district in Edogawa.
Ichinoku 九, いちのく Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).
Ichinose 市瀬, 一之瀬, 市ノ瀬, 一ノ瀬, いちのせ Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market, city" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one", combined with an unwritten possessive marker, or the written possessive markers ノ (no) or 之 (no), that is then combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current"... [more]
Ichitomi 市富, 市冨, 一富, 一冨, いちとみ Japanese (Rare)
From either 市 (ichi) meaning "market, fair" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune."... [more]
Ichiyama 一山, イチヤマ Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Ichiyasu Japanese
Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".
Ideguchi 井手口 Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well", 手 (de) meaning "hand", and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth".
Ideshima 出島 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Dejima.
Imagiire 今給黎, いまぎいれ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imagirei 今給黎, いまぎれい Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imagyūre 今給黎, いまぎゅうれ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imagyure 今給黎, いまぎゅうれ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).
Imaizumi 今泉, いまいずみ Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".
Imakiire 今給黎, いまきいれ Japanese
Variant of Kiire but written 給黎 and added Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now; present".
Imakyure 今給黎, いまきゅれ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imakyūri 今給黎, いまきゅうり Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imakyuri 今給黎, いまきゅうり Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūri).
Imamichi Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and michi means "path, road".
Imanishi 今西 Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
Imaruoka Japanese
I means "that one, Italy", maru means "round, circle", and oka means "hill, ridge".
Imashiro 今城 Japanese
From 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Inayoshi 稲吉, いなよし Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".
Inoguchi Japanese
Ino means "boar" and guchi means "mouth, opening".
Inutsuka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and tsuka means "mound".
Iriomote 西表 Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西表 (Iriomote) meaning "Iriomote", an island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan.
Ishidori Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and dori comes from tori, meaning "bird".
Ishigaki 石垣, いしがき Japanese, Okinawan (Japanized)
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
Ishiguro 石黒, いしぐろ Japanese
rom 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".
Ishijima 石島, いしじま Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Ishikura 石倉, 石蔵 Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" combined with 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) storehouse."
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".
Ishimori 石森 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Ishimoto 石本, いしもと Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, base, root, origin".