Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Japanese; and the meaning contains the keyword castle.
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Akashiro 赤城, 丹城 Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".... [more]
Amagi 天城, あまぎ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".
Anjo Japanese
An means "peace, relax, cheap" and jo means "castle".
Eshiro えしろ, 江城 Japanese
Combination of Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle, city".
Fujishiro Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and shiro means "castle".
Hoshiro 保城, ほうしろ, ほしろ Japanese
保城 or HOSHIRO would translate to "Castle of Protection"
Imashiro 今城 Japanese
From 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Iwaki 岩城, いわき Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".
城, じょう Japanese
From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle".
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".
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)."
Kaneshiro 金城, かねしろ Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Kido 木戸, 城戸, きど Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" or 城 (ki) meaning "castle" combined with 戸 (to) meaning "door".
Kinjo 金城 Japanese
From the Japanese 金 (kin or kane) "gold," "money" and 城 (jo or shiro) "castle."
Kinjō 金城, きんじょう Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kin) meaning "gold, money, metal" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".
Kio 木大, 城大, 木小, 城小 Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning “tree, wood”, 城 (ki) meaning “castle, city”, combined with 大 (o) meaning “big, great, vast, high”, or 小 (o) meaning “small”.
Kumashiro Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and shiro can mean "white" or "castle".
Kuriki 栗城, くりき Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".
Miyagi 宮城 Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 城 (gi) meaning "castle".
Miyagishima 宮城島, みやぎしま Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace", 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Miyashiro Japanese
"Shrine Castle".
Nakajo 中城, 中条 Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 条 (jo) meaning "article, strips" or 城 (jo) meaning "castle".
Saijō 西城, さいじょう Japanese
From Japanese 西 (sai) meaning "west" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".
Sawashiro 沢城 Japanese
From Japanese 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Shironita シロニタ, 城仁田, 白仁田, 白似田 Japanese (Rare)
From 城 (shiro) meaning "fortress, castle" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field"... [more]
Suzushiro 鈴城 Japanese
From 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell, chime" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Takezo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and zo means "castle".
Tamaki 玉城, 玉置, 玉木 Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" combined with 城 (ki) meaning "castle", 置 (ki) meaning "put, place, set", or 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Tamashiro 玉城 Japanese
Means "jewel castle" or "ball castle" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 玉 (jewel, ball) and 城 (castle). This surname is of Okinawan origin.
Tsukishiro Japanese
Tsuki means "month, moon" and shiro means "castle".
Ugushiro 天宮城, うぐしろ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天宮城 (Ugushiro) meaning "Ugu Castle", a castle that was possibly somewhere in the present-day city of Fukuyama in the prefecture of Hiroshima in Japan.
Utsugi 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木 Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]
Yamashiro 山城 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".