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Kurihaba 栗幅, 栗巾, 栗幡, くりはば Japanese
栗幅 = chestnut | hanging scroll; width ... [more]

Kurihara 栗原, くりはら Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kurihashi Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurihayashi Japanese

Kurikara Japanese (Rare)
Kuri means "chestnut" and kara means "larch."

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

Kurimida Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Kurimita Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Kurimoto Japanese
Kuri means "Chestnut" and Moto means "Origin, Source, Root".

Kurimoto 栗本, くりもと Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kurio Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and o means "tail".

Kurioka Japanese

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".

Kuritsuka Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Kuriwara Japanese

Kuriyama 栗山, くりやま Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kurizuka Japanese
A variant of Kuritsuka.... [more]

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

Kurobashi Japanese
Variant of Kurohashi.

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

Kurobiru 畔蒜 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

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

Kurogiri 黒霧 Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 霧 (giri) meaning "mist"

Kurohashi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurohata Japanese

Kuroi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Kuroishi Japanese

Kuroita Japanese
Kuro means "black" and ita mean "board, plank".

Kurokawa 黒川, 黒河, クロカワ Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river."

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

Kuromiya Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Miya means "Shrine".... [more]

Kuromusha 黒武者, くろむしゃ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 黒武者 (Kuromusha) meaning "Kuromusha", a division in the division of Urano in the area of Iriki in the city of Satsumasendai in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

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

Kuronire 畔蒜 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuronishi 畔蒜 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kuroniwa Japanese
Kuro means "black" and niwa means "garden".

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

Kuronuma 黒沼 Japanese
Kuro means "black" and numa means "swamp".

Kuroo 黒尾 Japanese
From 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Kurosaka Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Kurosaki 黒崎, くろさき Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

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

Kuroshima 黒島 Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

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

Kurota Japanese

Kuroyanagi 黒柳 Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Kuru Japanese
Japanese: though written with the character for ‘give’ or ‘present’, the original meaning may actually be ‘sunset’. The name is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku and is no longer common in Japan, but there is a city by that name in Hiroshima prefecture and the area may have ancient connections with the family.

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

Kurushima 栗島 Japanese
From 栗 (kuru) meaning "chestnut" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

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".

Kusakabe Japanese

Kusakari 草刈, くさかり Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 刈 (kari) meaning "reap, cut, prune".

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

Kusanagi 草彅 Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass" and 彅 (nagi) meaning "cutter". A notable bearer of this surname is actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅 剛, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, 1974–).

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

Kusatsu Japanese

Kusayanagi 日, 草 Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusayanagi) meaning "grass" or 日 (kusayanagi) meaning "sun, day". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kuse Japanese
Ku means "long time ago" and se means "world"

Kushi 久枝, くし Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).

Kushibiki 櫛引, くしびき Japanese
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 引 (hiki) meaning "pull, stretch".

Kushida 串田 Japanese (Rare)
This surname is written multiple ways, Kushi meaning "Skewer" or "Comb" (these are different kanji),and da is "Rice Paddy".

Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".

Kushige 櫛笥, 櫛毛, くしげ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛笥 (Kushige) meaning "Kushige", a former alley in the area of Kushige in the ward of Kamigyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]

Kushige 櫛下, くしげ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 下 (ge) meaning "bottom; low", possibly referring to a comb case.

Kushige 櫛下, くしげ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛下 (Kushige), from 櫛下門 (Kushigemon), the name of one of the groups of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, as well as surrounding areas.

Kushita Japanese

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

Kusue Japanese

Kusumi Japanese

Kusunoki 楠, 楠木, くすのき Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor", an unwritten possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kusuta Japanese

Kutsuku 鞠, くつく Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

Kutsuwada Japanese

Kuwabara Japanese
Variant of Kuwahara.

Kuwabe Japanese

Kuwada Japanese

Kuwagai Japanese

Kuwagaya Japanese

Kuwahara 桑原 Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kuwai Japanese

Kuwajima 桑島 Japanese
From 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku.

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

Kuwamoto 桑元 Japanese
Kuwamoto/桑元 = Mulberry Origin/Book

Kuwano Japanese

Kuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuwashima 桑島 Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima (島) means "island". It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwajima

Kuwata Japanese

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

Kuwatani 桑谷 Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" combined with 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". A notable bearer of this surname is Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷 夏子), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Ryōko Asakura from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Alph from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

Kuwawara Japanese

Kuwaya Japanese

Kuwayama Japanese

Kuwayama 桑山, くわやま Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kuyuko Japanese (Rare)

Kuze Japanese
Ku means "long time ago" and ze comes from ze meaning "world".

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

Kyan 喜屋武 Japanese
From 喜 (ki) meaning "value, expensive", 屋 (ya) meaning "vendor, roof, dwelling", and 武 (n) meaning "military, martial".

Kyoda Japanese

Kyogoku Japanese

Kyoguchi 京口 Japanese
From Japanese 京 (kyo) meaning "capital" and 口 (guchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

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

Kyōnō 皛納, きょうのう Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皛 (kyō) of unknown meaning and 納 (nō) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".

Kyono 皛納, きょうのう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 皛納 (see Kyōnō).

Kyōō 京応, きょうおう Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city" and 応 (ō) meaning "to comply; to respond; to accord".

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

Kyosaku Japanese

Kyoso 狂想 Japanese
From Japanese 狂 (kyō) meaning "madness" and 想 (sō) meaning "thought, idea". The kanji that makes up Kyoso can also mean "fantasy".

Kyota Japanese

Kyoto Japanese
From place name Kyoto.

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

Kyousaku Japanese

Kyugoku Japanese
A variant of Kyogoku.

Kyuno Japanese