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Honjō 本庄, ほんじょう Japanese
From Japanese 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and 庄 (shō) meaning "manor, villa".

Honma 本間 Japanese
From Japanese 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Hori 堀, ほり Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal".

Horibe Japanese

Horie 堀江, ほりえ Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, river, inlet".

Horii 堀井, ほりい Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

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".

Horikoshi 堀越 Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "moat" and 越 (koshi) meaning "across".

Horimoto Japanese

Horio Japanese
Hori means "ditch, canal, moat" and o means "tail".

Horio 堀尾, ほりお Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Horiuchi Japanese

Horiuchi 堀内, ほりうち Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Hosaka 保坂 Japanese
From Japanese 保 (ho) meaning "protect" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Hoshi 星 Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".

Hosoda 細田, ほそだ Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "fine, narrow, thin, fine, slender" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hosoi 細井, ほそい Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "narrow, thin, fine, slender" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Hosokawa 細川 Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hota Japanese

Hotta Japanese

Ibara Japanese
Variant of Ihara.

Ibe 伊部 Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "Italy, that one" and 部 (be) meaning "section, part".

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]

Ichikawa 市川 Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

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".

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]

Ichiyama 一山, イチヤマ Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Ida 井田 Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ide 井出, いで Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".

Ide 井手, いで Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 手 (te) meaning "hand".

Ide 射手, いで Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 射手 (see Ite).

Ido 井門, いど Japanese
From Japanese 井門 (Ido) meaning "Ido", a former township in the former district of Ukena in the former Japanese province of Iyo in present-day Ehime, Japan.

Igawa Japanese

Igawa 井川, いがわ Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ige 伊藝, 伊芸 Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藝 or 芸 (ge) meaning "technique".

Iguchi 井口 Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) "well, mine shaft, pit" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Ihara 井原, 伊原, いはら Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" or 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ii Japanese

Iida 飯田 Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Iijima Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iino Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and no means "field, wilderness".

Iizuka 飯塚, いいづか Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".

Ikari 碇 Japanese
Means "anchor" in Japanese. When written in different kanji, it can also mean anger.

Ikari 五十里, いかり Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 五十里 (Ikari) meaning "Ikari", a division in the town of Nyūzen in the district of Shimoniikawa in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan or an area in the city of Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.

Ike 池 Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool".

Ike 生, いけ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 生 (Ike), a clipping of 生勝 (Ikegachi) meaning "Ikegachi", an area in the village of Uken in the district of Ōshima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Ikegami 池上 Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Ikehara 池原 Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ikemoto 池本, 池元 Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ikuta 生田, いくた Japanese
From Japanese 生 (iku) meaning "living, life" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Imada 今田, 今多 Japanese
From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 田 (ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta) "many."

Imaizumi 今泉, いまいずみ Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

Imamura 今村 Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Imoto 井本 Japanese
Means "well root" in Japanese.

Imura 井村, いむら Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Inagaki 稲垣 Japanese
Ina (稲) means rice, Gaki (垣) means fence.

Inagaki 稲垣, いながき Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Ino Japanese

Inouye 井上 Japanese
Variant transcription of Inoue.

Iori 庵, 井居, 井折, 井織, 伊折 Japanese
This surname is used as 庵, 井居, 井折, 井織, 伊折 or 伊織 with 庵 (an, iori, io) meaning "hermitage, retreat", 井 (sei, shou, i) meaning "well, well crib, town, community", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 居 (kyo, ko, i.ru, -i, o.ru) meaning "reside, to be, exist, live with", 折 (setsu, o.ru, ori, o.ri, -o.ri, o.reru) meaning "fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit" and 織 (o.ri) meaning "fabric, weave."... [more]

Irie 入江, いりえ Japanese
From Japanese 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet". 入江 (irie) means "cove, creek".

Ise 伊瀬, 伊勢 Japanese

Ishibashi 石橋 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

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".

Ishii 石井 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".

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".

Ishimoto 石本, いしもと Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, base, root, origin".

Ishino 石野, いしの Japanese
From 石 (shi) meaning "stone" and 野 (no) meaning "plain, wilderness, field".

Ishiyama Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Ishizaki 石崎, いしざき Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ishizu 石津 Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".

Ishizuka 石塚, いしづか Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Isobe 磯部 Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "beach" and 部 (be) meaning "region, division, part".

Isoda Japanese

Isono 磯野, いその Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Ita Japanese

Itagaki Japanese

Itagaki 板垣, いたがき Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".

Itani Japanese

Itano Japanese
Ita means "board" and no means "field, plain".

Ito 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).

Itō 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Itoh 伊藤, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).

Itoh 井筒, いとう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).

Iwabuchi Japanese

Iwabuchi 岩渕, 岩淵, いわぶち Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".

Iwaki 岩城, いわき Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".

Iwami Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Iwamura Japanese
Iwa means "stone " and mura can mean "village, hamlet" or "town".

Iwanaga 岩永, いわなが Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Iwaoka 岩岡 Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Iwasa 岩佐, いわさ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Iwase 岩瀬, いわせ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Iwashita 岩下, いわなみ Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Izawa Japanese
Variant of Isawa.

Izawa 井沢, 井澤, いざわ Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Izu 井筒, いず Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Jimbō 神宝, じんぼう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jin 神, じん Japanese
From Japanese 神 (jin) meaning "deity; god". This may have been used by shrine masters, people who came from shrines, or people who were granted by the emperor of Japan.

Jō 城, じょう Japanese
From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Joto ジョート Japanese

Junko 純子, 順子, 淳子, 潤子, 準子 Japanese
Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:... [more]

Ka 何, か Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Kaba 樺, かば Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".

Kabara Japanese
Variant of Kahara.

Kabe Japanese (Rare)
Ka ("Increase,Step Up"), ... [more]

Kabeya 壁谷, かべや Japanese
From Japanese 壁 (kabe) meaning "wall, barrier" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Kada Japanese

Kadota Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "gate" and ta means "rice paddy, field".

Kadota 門田, かどた Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kadowaki 門脇, かどわき Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Kagawa 香川, 賀川, かがわ Japanese
From Japanese 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kagen Japanese

Kageyama 影山, 蔭山, 景山 Japanese
From Japanese 影 or 景 (kage) meaning "shadow" or 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade, shelter" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kai 廻, かい Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri 2).

Kaita Japanese

Kaji 梶 Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "wind". This is the last name of famous Japanese voice actor from Tokyo Japan, Yūki Kaji.

Kajikawa Japanese

Kajita 梶田, かじた Japanese
From Japanese 梶 (kaji) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kajiwara 梶原, かじわら Japanese
From Japanese 梶 (kaji) meaning "paper mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kajiwara Japanese
Written with characters meaning ‘oar’ and ‘plain’, this name is found mostly in western Japan.

Kaki 柿 Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon".

Kako 加古 Japanese
From 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add, Canada" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".

Kaku 角 Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner".

Kamada 鎌田 Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (Ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamai Japanese
Kama means "honeysuckle" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kamata 鎌田 Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kameda 亀田 Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamei 亀井 Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "turtle well". It is written as 亀井. A bearer of this surname is Eri Kamei. She is a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. (1988-)

Kameoka 亀岡, かめおか Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kami 神, かみ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kamikawa Japanese

Kamimoto Japanese

Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "

Kamiyama 神山, 上山 Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamon Japanese

Kampa 寒波, かんぱ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒波 (kampa) meaning "cold wave", referring to possibly a person described as having cold vibes or an event that involved cold waves.

Kan 神, かん Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kana 海南, かな Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 海南 (see Unami).

Kanada 金田 Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kaneda.

Kanae 神, かなえ Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kanai Japanese

Kanai 金井, かない Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kanamori 金森 Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, money" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kanazawa 金沢, 金澤 Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money, gold" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kando 漢人 Japanese

Kaneda 金田 Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "metal" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Kanemitsu Japanese
Kane means "gold, metal" and mitsu means "light".

Kanemoto 金本, かねもと Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kaneshiro 金城, かねしろ Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Kaneta Japanese

Kanno 菅野 Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.

Kano 狩野, かの Japanese
From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kanō 加納, かのう Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 納 (nō) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap".

Karan 加覧, 加蘭, 荷蘭, からん Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 加覧 (see Garan).

Kariya Japanese

Kasahara 笠原, かさはら Japanese
From Japanese 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kasahara 上砂原, かさはら Japanese (Rare)
From an additional character of Japanese 上 (ka) meaning "above; high; up" added to 砂原 (Sunahara) (see Sunahara).

Kasai 火災 Japanese
It means fire in Japanese

Kase 加瀬, かせ Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Kashima 鹿島, かしま Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kashiwabara Japanese
Variant of Kashiwahara.

Kashiwabara 柏原, かしわばら Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kashiwagi 柏木 Japanese
From 柏 (kashiwa), which specifically refers the Japanese Emperor Oak/Daimyo oak (Quercus dentata), and 木 (ki), meaning "tree".

Kashiwagi 柏木, かしわぎ Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kasuba 斯波, かすば Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Katagiri 片桐 Japanese
From the Japanese 片 (kata) "single-" and 桐 (giri) "foxglove tree."

Katai 片井, かたい Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Katano 片野, かたの Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, part" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kataoka 片岡 Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Katayama 片山 Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.

Katsuda Japanese

Katsumata Japanese
Katsu means "victory, win, prevail" and mata means "again, furthermore".

Katsura 桂, 勝占, 勝羅, 勝良, 曽良 Japanese
This surname is used as 桂, 勝占, 勝羅, 勝良, 曽良 or 葛良 with 桂 (kei, katsura) meaning "cinnamon tree, Japanese Judas-tree", 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win", 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once", 葛 (kachi, katsu, kuzu, tsudzura, katsura) meaning "arrowroot, kudzu", 占 (sen, urana.u, shi.meru) meaning "divining, forecasting, fortune-telling, get, have, hold, occupy, take", 羅 (ra, usumono) meaning "gauze, Rome, thin silk" and 良 (ryou, i.i, yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled."... [more]

Katta Japanese

Kawabata Japanese
'Side or bank of the river'; written two ways, with two different characters for kawa ‘river’. One family is descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Saionji family; the other from the Sasaki family... [more]

Kawabata 川畑, かわばた Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Kawabata 川端, 河端, かわばた Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".

Kawabe 川辺, 河辺, かわべ Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Kawachi 川内, 河内 Japanese
From 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" combined with 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."

Kawada 川田 Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kawahara 川原, 河原 Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kawai 川井 Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kawamata Japanese

Kawamata 川又, かわまた Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 又 (mata) meaning "again, once more".

Kawamata 川俣, かわまた Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kawamoto 川本 Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kawamura 川村, 河村 Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kawanishi 川西, かわにし Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Kawano 川野, 河野 Japanese
From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) meaning "river, stream" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness."

Kawase 川瀬, 河瀬, かわせ Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 瀬 (se) meaning "ripple, rapids, current".

Kawashima 川島, 川嶋, カワシマ Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream, brook" and 島 (shima) or 嶋 (shima) both meaning "island".

Kawata 川田 Japanese
Variant transcription of Kawada.

Kawauchi 河内, 川内 Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kawa) or 川 (kawa) meaning "river" combined with 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kawazoe Japanese
Variant of Kawasoe.

Kaya 賀屋 Japanese
From 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate", combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, shop".

Kaze Japanese
Kaze means "wind".

Kazemi Japanese

Kida 木田 Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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".

Kihara 木原, きはら Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kikuchi 菊池, 菊地 Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 池 (chi) meaning "pool, pond" or 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land, ground".

Kikuta 菊田, きくた Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kimata 木俣, きまた Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kimoto Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 木 (ki) or 樹 (ki) both meaning "tree, wood, plant" combined with 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".... [more]

Kinjo 金城 Japanese
From the Japanese 金 (kin or kane) "gold," "money" and 城 (jo or shiro) "castle."

Kinjo 金城, きんじょう Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 金城 (see Kinjō).

Kinjō 金城, きんじょう Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kin) meaning "gold, money, metal" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Kino 木野 Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".

Kinoshita 木下 Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

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”.

Kira 吉良 Japanese
From 吉 (ki) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Kirihara 桐原, きりはら Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kishi 岸 Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "bank, shore".

Kishida 岸田 Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kishiyama 岸山, きしやま Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kitahara 北原, きたはら Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kitajima 北島 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kitamura 北村 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kitano 北野 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kitaoka 北岡 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kitashima Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".

Kitayama 北山 Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kiyono Japanese

Kiyono 清野, きよの Japanese
From Japanese 清 (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kiyota 清田 Japanese
From the Japanese 清 (kiyo) "clearly," "brightly," "cleanly" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Ko 荒, こう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Kō).

Ko 神, こう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Kō).

Kō 荒, こう Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).

Kō 神, こう Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kobara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Kobashi 小橋, 古橋, こばし Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 古 (ko) meaning "ancient, old, previous" combined with 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Kobashigawa Japanese
Variant of Kobashikawa.

Kobata Japanese
Variant of Kohata.

Kobata 小八田, こばた Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little".

Kobe Japanese
From the Japanese city of Kobe.

Kochi Japanese

Koda 香田, 神田, 行田 Japanese
From Japanese 香 (kō) meaning "fragrance, incense", 神 (kō) meaning "god", or 行 (kō) meaning "journey, travel" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Kodama Japanese

Kodama 児玉, 兒玉, こだま Japanese
From Japanese 児 or 兒 (ko) meaning "child, young" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodama 小玉, こだま Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodera Japanese
"Little temple".

Kōen コーエン Japanese
Japanese form of Cohen.

Koga 古賀, こが Japanese
From Japanese 古 (ko) meaning "old, past" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Koh 神, こう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Kō).

Kohara Japanese

Kohatsu 小波津, 古波津 Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (ko) meaning "old", 波 (ha) meaning "wave", and 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port".

Koide 小出 Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 出 (ide or de) meaning "rising."

Koike 小池 Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond."

Kōja 紅蛇, こうじゃ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紅 (kō) meaning "crimson; vivid red" and 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpent".

Koja 紅蛇, こうじゃ Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紅蛇 (see Kōja).

Kojima 小島, 児島 Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kojo 工場 Japanese
Occupational name for a gardener.

Kōka 紅粉, こうか Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紅花 (kōka) meaning "red- or crimson-colored flower", referring to an occupation that involves flowers and rouge powder.

Koki 古木, 小木, コキ Japanese
This surname combines 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old" or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."

Kokubun 國分 Japanese

Komada Japanese
Ko could mean "small, little" or "old", ma could mean "real, genuine" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Komatsu 小松 Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Komiyama Japanese

Komiyama 小宮山, こみやま Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Komori 小森, こもり Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Komoto Japanese

Kon Japanese

Konda Japanese
Written with characters meaning ‘now’ and ‘rice paddy’, this version of the name is found mostly in eastern Japan. In western Japan it is pronounced Imata.

Kondo 近藤 Japanese
Alternate transcription of Kondō.

Kondō 近藤 Japanese
From Japanese 近 (kon) meaning "near, close" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The latter character could indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Koneru 捏ねる, こねる Japanese
Japanese, Hokkaido : to knead,to mix with fingers, baker, bread.

Konno Japanese
Variously written, most usually with characters meaning ‘now’ or ‘near’ and ‘field’. Found mostly in eastern Japan, farther to the northeast it is pronounced Imano.

Konno 今野, こんの Japanese
From Japanese 今 (kon) meaning "this, now" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Konno 金野, こんの Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kon) meaning "gold, money" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Konno 紺野, こんの Japanese
From Japanese 紺 (kon) meaning "dark blue, navy blue" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kōno 河野, こうの Japanese
From Japanese 河 (kō) meaning "river" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kōno 高野, こうの Japanese
From Japanese 高 (kō) meaning "tall, high" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kono 河野, こうの Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 河野 (see Kōno).

Koo 神, こお Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Kōri 氷, こおり Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (kōri) meaning "ice".

Kori 氷, こおり Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 氷 (see Kōri).

Kosaka 香坂, こうさか Japanese
From 香 (kou) meaning "fragrance" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope."

Kosaka 小坂, 小阪, こさか Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Kose 小瀬, 古瀬 Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (kose) meaning "old" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "current, ripple".

Koseki Japanese
Ko means "small" and seki means "frontier pass".

Kota Japanese

Kotake 小竹 Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo."

Kōtani 糀谷, こうたに, こおたに Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kotani Japanese
Ko means "Small" and Tani means "Valley".

Kotani 糀谷, こうたに, こおたに Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōtani).

Kou 神, こう Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Kō).

Koyama 小山 Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Koyanagi 小柳, こやなぎ Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Kozen Japanese

Ku 九, く Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).

Kuba 久場 Japanese
From 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".... [more]

Kubota 久保田, 窪田, くぼた Japanese
From the Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" combined with 保 (ho) "protect, defend, guard" or 窪 (kubo) meaning "hollow" that is then combined with and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy."