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Matsuba 松葉 Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf".

Matsudaira 松平 Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, peace, calm".

Matsueda Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and eda means "twig, branch".

Matsugawa Japanese
Variant of Matsukawa, meaning "pine tree river".

Matsuhara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 松原 (see Matsubara.)

Matsukata Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 方 (kata) meaning "direction".

Matsukawa 松川 Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Matsukura Japanese
Matsu means "pine tree" and kura means "storehouse".

Matsunaga 松永 Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Matsunawa 松縄 Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 縄 (nawa) meaning "rope".

Matsushima 松島, 松嶋 Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Matsuura 松浦 Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Matsuwara Japanese
Variant of Matsuhara.

Matsuyama 松山 Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Matsuzaka Japanese
Variant of Matsusaka.

Matsuzawa Japanese
Variant of Matsusawa.

Matsuzawa 松沢, 松澤, まつざわ Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mayonaka Japanese
Means "Midnight" in Japanese

Michibata 道端 Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "way, road" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge".

Michida Japanese
Michi means "path, road" and da means field, rice paddy".

Michikawa 道川 Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "path, road" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Michimata 道又 Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "way, road" and 又 (mata) meaning "also, again, and, as well".

Michita Japanese
Variant of Michida.

Michiyama Japanese
Michi means "path" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Mida Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Midorigawa Japanese
A variant of Midorikawa.

Midorikawa 緑川 Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Midoriya 緑谷, ミドリヤ Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Combination of 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," used on the main character Izuku Midoriya (緑谷 出久) in 'My Hero Academia'.... [more]

Mieda Japanese

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.

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".

Mikoshiba 御子柴 Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "govern, protect, control, godly, imperial, royal", 子 (ko) meaning "child", and 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood".

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.

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

Minagawa 皆川 Japanese
Variant of Minakawa.

Minakata Japanese

Minakawa 皆川, みなかわ Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Minamishima Japanese

Minamizawa Japanese
Variant of Minamisawa.

Minatoya みなとや, 湊屋 Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "dwelling, roof".

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

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Minoda Japanese

Minojima Japanese
Variant of Minoshima.

Minoshima Japanese
Mi means "beauty", no is a possessive particle, and shima means "island".

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".

Mioda 澪田 Japanese
mioda means "water route field". the kanji used for this name are 澪(mio,rei) meaning " water route" and 田(ta) meaning "field". a bearer of this name is Ibuki Mioda from Danganronpa 2.

Miota Japanese

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

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

Mishima 三島, 三嶋 Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Mishina 三科 Japanese
From 三(mi) meaning "three" and 科 (shina) meaning "categorized classes, grade, examination".

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

Mita 三田, みた Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mita Japanese
Meaning ‘three rice paddies’, the name is more common in eastern Japan. It is also pronounced Santa or Sanda in western Japan.

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

Mitamura 三田村 Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Mitoma Japanese

Mitsuda Japanese

Mitsugaya 満谷 Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsujima Japanese
Variant of Mitsushima.

Mitsukawa Japanese

Mitsukura Japanese

Mitsumata Japanese

Mitsunaga Japanese

Mitsushima Japanese
Mitsu could mean "three" or "light" and shima means "island".

Mitsuya 満谷 Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Miwa 三輪 Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

Miwa 神, みわ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Miya 宮, みや Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Miyada Japanese

Miyadera Japanese

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".

Miyahara 宮原 Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Miyakawa Japanese
Variant of Miyagawa.

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".

Miyanaga みやなが, 宮永 Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya), meaning "shinto shrine", and 永 (naga), meaning "eternity, long, lengthy".

Miyaoka 宮岡 Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

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

Miyasaka 宮坂, 宮阪, みやさか Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Miyasawa Japanese

Miyashima Japanese
Miya means "shrine, palace temple" and shima means "island".

Miyatera Japanese

Miyazaka Japanese
Variant of Miyasaka.

Miyazawa 宮沢, 宮澤, みやざわ Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizawa Japanese
Variant of Misawa.

Mizubara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuda 水田 Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

Mizufuka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and fuka means "deep".

Mizugawa 水川 Japanese
Variant of Mizukawa.

Mizugaya Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizuhara 水原, みずはら Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mizujima Japanese
Variant of Mizushima.

Mizukawa 水川 Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mizumura Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Mizunaka 水中 Japanese
From 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Mizuoka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Mizusawa 水沢 Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

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

Mizutama 水玉 Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" combined with 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Mizuwara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuya Japanese
Variation of Mizutani.

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Mizuzawa Japanese
Variant of Mizuzawa.

Mochida 持田, もちだ Japanese
From Japanese 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Momiyama 樅山, 籾山 Japanese
From 樅 (momi) meaning "fir tree" or 籾 (momi) "unhulled rice", combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Momoda Japanese

Momohara 百原 Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain"

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

Momozawa Japanese

Monma 門馬, もんま Japanese
From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Monoka Japanese

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

Moribara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

Morida Japanese

Morigaya Japanese
Variant of Moritani.

Morihara 森原 Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Morijima Japanese
A variant of Morishima.... [more]

Morikita 森北 Japanese (Rare)
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 北 (kita) means "north".... [more]

Morimiya Japanese
Mori means "forest" and miya means "temple, shrine".

Morimura 森村 Japanese (Rare)
From Kanji "森" (Mori) meaning "Forest" and "村" (Mura) meaning "Village".

Morinaga 森永, もりなが Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Morinaka 森中 Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Morioka 森岡, 守岡,もりおか Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Morisaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and saka means "slope, hill".

Morishima 森島, 森嶋, もりしま Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, grove" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Moritaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".

Moriwara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

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."

Morizaka Japanese
Variant of Morisaka.

Motokariya Japanese

Motokura Japanese
Moto means "origin" and kura means "storehouse".

Motomasa Japanese

Motomura Japanese
Moto means "origin, source" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Motoyama 本山 Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 本 meaning "Book", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Motozawa 本沢, 元沢, 本澤, 元澤 Japanese
From the Japanese 本 (moto) "base" or 元 (moto) "original" and 沢 or 澤 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Mugishima Japanese
Mugi means "wheat" and shima means "island".

Muguruma Japanese

Mukawa Japanese

Mukoyama 向山 Japanese
From 向 (muko) meaning "facing, yonder, toward" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Mukushina 無垢品, むくしな Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 無垢 (muku) meaning "spiritual purity; freedom from desire or aversion" and 品 (shina), a clipping of 九品 (kokonoshina) meaning "the 9 Stages in Life (in Buddhism)".

Munakata 宗像, むなかた Japanese
From Japanese 宗 (mune) meaning "religion, doctrine, creed" and 像 (kata) meaning "figure, image, form".

Munekawa 宗川 Japanese
From 宗 (mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 川 (kawa) means "stream, river".

Muneta 棟田 Japanese

Mura 村 Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village".

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

Muragawa Japanese
Variant of Murakawa.

Murahama Japanese
Mura means "hamlet, village" and hama means "seashore, veach".

Muraiwa Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "town, hamlet" and iwa means "stone".

Murakata Japanese

Murakawa 村川, むらかわ Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Murakita 村北 Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, town, hamlet" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Muranaka 村中, ムラナカ Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village" combined with 中 (naka) meaning "inside, middle".

Muraoka 村岡 Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Murasawa 村沢, 村澤 Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Murashima Japanese
Shima means "island" and mura means "hamlet, village".

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

Murataya Japanese (Rare, ?)

Murayama 村山, むらやま Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

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

Muta 牟田, むた Japanese
From Japanese 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mutsuya Japanese
Variant of Mutsutani.

Mutsuyama 六山 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Muyama 六山 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Na 納, な Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Nabata Japanese

Nabeshima 鍋島 Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

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".

Nada 納田, なだ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Naga Japanese

Naga 奈賀, 名嘉, なが Japanese, Okinawan
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈賀 or 名嘉 (see Naka).

Nagabara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

Nagada Japanese

Nagagawa Japanese
Variant of Nagakawa.

Nagagaya Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagahama 長浜, 長濱, ながはま Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Nagahara Japanese

Nagajima Japanese
Variant of Nagashima.

Nagakawa Japanese
Naga means "long, chief" and kawa means "river, stream".

Naganawa 長名和 Japanese
From 長 (naga) meaning "long, chief", 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony".

Naganuma 長沼, ながぬま Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Nagaoka 長岡 Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nagara Japanese

Nagasaka 長坂, 長阪, ながさか Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Nagashima 長島, 長嶋, ながしま Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

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

Nagatsuka 長塚 Japanese

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

Nagawara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

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

Nagayama 永山, 長山, ながやま Japanese
From Japanese 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy" or 長 (nagai) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Nagazawa Japanese
Variant of Nagasawa.

Nagira Japanese

Nagura Japanese

Naiya Japanese

Najima Japanese

Naka 中, 仲, 奈加, 奈賀, 名加 Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle; center". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname; Oku for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.... [more]

Naka 那珂, なか Japanese
From Japanese 那珂 (Naka) meaning "Naka", a district in the former Japanese province of Hitachi in parts of present-day Ibaraki, Japan.

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).

Nakagata Japanese
Variant of Nakakata.

Nakagawara Japanese

Nakagaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakahama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Nakahata Japanese

Nakaima Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ima means "now, present".

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

Nakaniwa Japanese

Nakaoka 中岡 Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nakasa Japanese

Nakasawa Japanese

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

Nakatsuka 中塚, なかつか Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Nakaura Japanese
Naka means "Middle" and Ura means "Gulf, Bay, Inlet, Beach, Seacoast, Creek."

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".

Nakayama 中山, 仲山, なかやま Japanese
From the Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) "relationship, relations" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Nakazawa 中沢, 中澤, なかざわ Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Namba 難波 Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nambara Japanese

Nameda Japanese

Namigata Japanese
Variant of Namikata.

Namigawa Japanese
Variant of Namikawa.

Namikawa 波川, 波河, なみかわ Japanese
From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Namiyama 波山, なみやま Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Namura Japanese

Nanashima 七島 Japanese (Rare)
Japanese surname meaning "seven island".

Nanba 難波 Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nara 楢, 奈良, 那良, ナラ Japanese
This surname is used as 楢, 奈良 or 那良 with 楢 (shuu, yuu, nara) meaning "oak", 奈 (dai, na, nai, ikan, karanashi) meaning "Nara, what?", 那 (na, da, nani, nanzo, ikan) meaning "what?" and 良 (ryou, i.i, -i.i, yo.i, -yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled."... [more]

Naraoka Japanese

Narida Japanese

Narisawa 成澤, 成沢 Japanese
From the Japanese 成 (nari) "turn into," "become" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa or zawa) "swamp."

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".

Nariyama Japanese
Nari means "thunder" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Narizaka Japanese
Variant of Narisaka.

Narumiya 成宮, なるみや Japanese
From Japanese 成 (naru) meaning "become" and 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, constellation".

Nashima Japanese

Nasukawa 那須川 Japanese
From 那 (na) meaning "what", 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary, moment", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Natsugawa Japanese
Variant of Natsukawa, meaning "summer river".

Natsukawa Japanese
This name means Summer River. From natsu "summer" and kawa "river".

Nawa Japanese

Nawa 名和, なわ Japanese
From Japanese 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 和 (wa) meaning "harmony, peace".

Nawada Japanese

Nawata Japanese

Naya 納, なや Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Neda Japanese

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

Nga 根賀 Ethiopian, Japanese
Ethiopian: from the personal name Nega, which is interpreted as "it became morning" in the Amharic language. — Note: Since Ethiopians do not have hereditary surnames, this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.... [more]

Nigorikawa Japanese

Niida 新井田, 仁井田 Japanese
From 新 (ni) meaning "new" or 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence", combined with 井 (i) meaning "well", and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Niidera 新寺, にいでら Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 新 (nii-) meaning "temple" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".

Niihara Japanese
Nii means "new" and hara means "plain, field".

Niijima Japanese

Niikura 新倉, 新蔵, 新鞍 Japanese
From the Japanese 新 (nii) "new" and 倉 or 蔵 (kura) "storehouse" or 鞍 (kura) "saddle."

Niishima Japanese

Nijimura 虹村 Japanese (Rare)

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

Ninomiya 二宮, 二ノ宮, にのみや Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", ノ (no), a possessive marker, and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nioka 二岡, におか Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nirehara 楡原, にれはら Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.

Nishida 西田 Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nishigawa Japanese
Variant of Nishikawa.

Nishigaya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishihara 西原 Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, field, plain, wilderness".

Nishijima Japanese
Variant of Nishishima.

Nishikata Japanese

Nishimiya 西宮 Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nishina 仁科 Japanese
From 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence, compassion" and 科 (shina) meaning "grade, examination, categorized classes".

Nishinohara 西野原, 西之原, 西ノ原 Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野原 (nohara) meaning "grass field".

Nishioka 西岡 Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nishisawa Japanese
Nishi means "west" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nishishima 西島 Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Nishita Japanese

Nishiura 西浦, にしうら Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Nishiya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Nishizawa Japanese
Variant of Nishisawa.

Nishizuka 西塚, にしづか Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Nitta Japanese

Niwa 庭, にわ Japanese
Means "garden" in Japanese.

Niwa 丹羽, にわ Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (ni) meaning "cinnabar, red" and 羽 (wa) meaning "feather, plume, wing".

Nobara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

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

Noborikawa Japanese

Nobukawa Japanese

Nobunaga Japanese
Nobu means "trust, believe" and naga means "long, cheif".... [more]

Nōda 納田, のうだ Japanese
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", possibly referring to a place with rice paddies or cultivated fields.

Noda 野田 Japanese
Combination of the kanji 野 (no, "area, field, hidden part of a structure; wild, rustic") and 田 (ta, "rice paddy, field"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦; b. 1957).

Noda 納田, のだ, のうだ Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nogawa Japanese
Variant of Nokawa.

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