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Yamakawa 山川 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamamba 山姥, やまんば Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamauba).

Yamamura 山村, やまむら Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yamana Japanese

Yamanaka 山中 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Yamanba 山姥, やまんば Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamamba).

Yamaoka 山岡 Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamata Japanese

Yamauba 山姥, やまうば Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.

Yamaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaya 山谷, やまや Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yamazawa Japanese
Variant of Yamasawa.

Yamikawa 闇川 Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"

Yamura Japanese
From 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Yanada Japanese

Yanagawa 柳川, やながわ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yanagibara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagida 柳田, やなぎだ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yanagihara 柳原 Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yanagisawa 柳沢, やなぎさわ Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yanagita Japanese

Yanagiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagiya 柳谷, やなぎや Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yanagizawa Japanese
Variant of Yanagisawa.

Yanaibara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaihara Japanese

Yanaiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaka Japanese

Yanakawa Japanese

Yanata Japanese
Variant of Yanada.

Yara Japanese

Yasaka Japanese

Yashima 八島, 八嶋, やしま Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yasuhara Japanese

Yasura Japanese
Yasu means "cheap, relax, peace" and ra means "good".

Yasura 安良, やすら Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Yasuraoka 安良岡 Japanese (Rare)
安 (yasu) means "cheap, low, inexpensive, rested, peaceful, relax".良 (ra) means "good, excellent", and 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill"... [more]

Yasuta Japanese

Yasuyama 安山 Japanese
安 (yasu) means "peaceful, rested, relax, cheap, low" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Yata Japanese

Yata 八田, やた Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yataba 八田羽, やたば Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Yatsuda 八田, やつだ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsujima Japanese

Yatsuka 八束, やつか Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 束 (tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".

Yatsumura Japanese

Yatsushima Japanese

Yatsuta 八田, やつた Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsuyama 八山 Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yayama 八山 Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yazaka Japanese

Yazawa 谷沢, 谷澤, やざわ Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazawa 矢沢, 矢澤, やざわ Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yoda Japanese

Yokodaira Japanese
Variant of Yokotaira.

Yokodera Japanese
Variant of Yokotera.

Yokogaya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokohama Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Yokohira Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Yokokawa 横川, よこかわ Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yokomura 横村 Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "Beside" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet". Check the source if needed.

Yokosawa 横澤, よこさわ Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yokoshima 横島, 横嶋, よこしま Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yokoya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokoyama 横山 Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Yokoyama Japanese
A Japanese surname with a combination of Yoko and Yama

Yokozawa 横沢, よこざわ Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yonaga 夜長 Japanese
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".

Yoneda 米田, 米多, よねだ Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) meaning "many."

Yonega Japanese

Yonegawa Japanese
Variant of Yonekawa.

Yonekawa 米川, よねかわ Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yonekura 米倉, よねくら Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Yonemura Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and mura means "village".

Yonesawa Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yoneta Japanese

Yoneyama 米山, よねやま Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yonezawa 米澤, 米沢 Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Yonoda Japanese

Yonota Japanese

Yorita 依田, 寄田, よりた Japanese
From Japanese 依 (yori) meaning "reliant" or 寄 (yori) meaning "bring near", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field".

Yoshibara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshihama 吉浜, 吉濱 Japanese
From the Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach."

Yoshihara 吉原 Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yoshikawa 吉川 Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yoshimura 吉村, 佳村 Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" or 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".

Yoshinuma Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and numa means "marsh, swamp".... [more]

Yoshisawa Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Yoshita Japanese

Yoshiura 吉浦 Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, coast".

Yoshiwara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshiyama Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yoshizawa 吉沢, 吉澤, よしざわ Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yoshizuka Japanese

Yota Japanese

Yuasa 湯浅, ゆあさ Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yuba 弓場 Japanese
From 弓 (yu) meaning "archery bow" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Yuda Japanese

Yukawa 湯川, ユカワ Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yukida 雪田 Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

Yukimiya 雪宮 Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Yukishita Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and shita means "under".

Yukita Japanese

Yukiyama 幸山, 雪山, 行山, ユキヤマ Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

Yumehara 夢原 Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".

Yumekawa Japanese
Yumekawa means yume (夢) means "dream" and kawa (川) means "river", so this means "dream river".

Yumiba Japanese

Yunaka Japanese

Yusa 遊佐 Japanese
From Japanese 遊 (yu) meaning "play" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Yuuma 遊馬 Japanese
From the Japanese 遊 (yu) "recreation," "fun" and 馬 (uma, ma or ba) "horse."

Yuzurihara Japanese
Means "the field of the gentle Village". From the Japanese words Yasuri (gentle village) and Hara (plain, field).

Zemmosa 善茂砂, ぜんもさ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 善 (zen) meaning "virtue, goodness", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant", and 砂 (sa) meaning "sand", referring to a place with lots of sand.

Zemmosha 善茂砂, ぜんもしゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zemosa 善茂砂, ぜもさ Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenda 全田 Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 全 meaning "everything" and 田 meaning "rice paddy field".

Zenmosa 善茂砂, ぜんもさ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenmosha 善茂砂, ぜんもしゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosha).