Browse Submitted Surnames

Akisato 秋里 Japanese
秋 (Aki) means "autumn" and 里 (sato) means "village, ri: unit of measurement, league, parent's home". ... [more]

Ametsuchi Japanese
Means "Heaven & Earth" in Japanese

Arihara 有原 Japanese

Chishiya ちしや, 千司哉 Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" 散 (chi) meaning "scatter", 梓 (shi) meaning "Japanese cherry birch", 塩 (shio) meaning "salt", 沙 (shi) meaning "sand", 司 (shi) meaning "to take charge of; to control; to manage", 史 (shi) meaning "history", 四 (shi) meaning "four", 士 (shi) meaning "samurai, warrior", 子 (shi) meaning "child", 市 (shi) meaning "market", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition", 氏 (shi) meaning "a family; a clan", 糸 (shi) meaning "thread", 紙 (shi) meaning "paper", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple; violet", 至 (shi) meaning "to reach; to arrive", 詩 (shi) meaning "poetry, poem", 資 (shi) meaning "money; fund; wealth; capital", 汐 (shi) meaning "evening tide; night tides; ebb", 心 (shi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 清 (shi) meaning "clear; limpid", and 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation... [more]

Daigo 大悟 Japanese

Eigen 永源 Japanese

Fukumura 福村, 譜久村 Japanese
It means "Happy Village" in Japanese.

Futsuhara 蓬原 Japanese
Futsuhara/蓬原 = Mugwort Meadow

Gabe Japanese

Hamazono 濱園 Japanese
Hamazono/濱園 = "Beach Garden"

Hanarashi 花嵐 Japanese
From Japanese, using the kanjis 花 (hana) meaning "flower", combined with 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm".

Hanza 半左, はんざ Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 半左 (Hanza), a clipping of the given name 半左衛門 (see Hanzaemon).

Herai 戸来 Japanese

Hirayanagi Japanese

Hiroto Japanese
From the given name Hiroto.

Hitarashi 浸らし Japanese
From Japanese "浸" (hita) meaning immersion and "らし" (rashi) meaning likelihood

Hitoshi Japanese

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

Isamu Japanese
Isamu means courageous warrior

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]

Kaetsu 嘉悦 Japanese
From Japanese 嘉 (Ka) meaning "applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious", and 悦 (etsu) meaning "ecstasy, joy, rapture". Other kanji combinations are possible, and can create alternate meanings.

Kamikura 神蔵, 上倉 Japanese

Kanze 観世, かんぜ Japanese (Rare)
Derived from Japanese 観世 (Kanze), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Kanzemaru) or a variant reading of 観世 (Miyo), a clipping of the given name 観世丸 (see Miyomaru).

Kasai 火災 Japanese
It means fire in Japanese

Kawanabe 川鍋, 川辺, 河鍋 Japanese

Kisida きしだ Japanese

Kiyoko 清子 Japanese
Surname of American-Japanese singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and director Hayley Kiyoko.

Kiyomigawa 清美川 Japanese
A notable user of this surname is Kiyomigawa Umeyuki, a sumo wrestler from Yokota, Akita Prefecture.

Kizuki 木月, 気月, 稀月, 希月, 妃月 Japanese
Kizuki has various spellings. It combines 木 (ki) meaning “tree”, 気 (ki) meaning “spirit”, 稀 (ki) meaning “rare”, 希 (ki) “hope, rare” and 妃 (ki) meaning “princess” with 月 (tsuki) meaning “moon, month”... [more]

Kojika 小鹿 Japanese

Kore-eda Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the medieval given name Kore-Eda(是枝) means 'correct branch'. Hirokazu Kore-Eda is a famous movie director.

Kutsuwada Japanese

Kuwamoto 桑元 Japanese
Kuwamoto/桑元 = Mulberry Origin/Book

Kuwano Japanese

Kyosaku Japanese

Kyousaku Japanese

Masato Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper", 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" or 真 (masa) meaning "real, genuine, true" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other combinations of kanji that have the same pronunciation can also form this name... [more]

Masuko 益子 Japanese
From 益 (masu) meaning "profit, benefit" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat".

Michishige 道重 Japanese
From Japanese 道 (michi) meaning "road" and 重 (shige) meaning "greater degree"

Mine 岑, 峯, 峰, 嶺, 三根 Japanese
This surname is used as 岑, 峯, 峰, 嶺, 三根, 美根, 美祢, 美禰 or 見根 with 岑 (gin, shin, mine), an outdated character meaning "mountaintop, peak," 峯/峰 (hou, ne, mine) meaning "peak, summit," 嶺 (ryou, rei, mine) meaning with the same meaning as 峯/峰, 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three," 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty/iful," 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible," 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 祢/禰 (dei, nai, ne) meaning "ancestral shrine."... [more]

Mirako Japanese

Monoka Japanese

Munenobu 宗信, 宗延, むねのぶ Japanese (Rare)
From the given name 宗信 or 宗延 (see Munenobu).

Murasaki 紫 Japanese

Muratagi 村田義 Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village", 田 (ta) meaning "rice field" and 義 (gi) meaning "righteousness".

Myoui 名井 Japanese

Naeshiro 苗代, なえしろ Japanese
The meaning of Naeshiro/苗代 equals to "Seedling Substitute"

Nagibe Japanese

Natsumi Japanese (Rare)
This is occasionally,but rarely used as a last name. Natsu means "Summer",and Mi in this surname means "Look". So the literal meaning of this could be "Look at Summer",or "The Look of Summer"... [more]

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]

Nijibayashi 虹林 Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 虹 (Niji) meaning "Rainbow" and 林 (Bayashi) meaning "Forest". A notable bearer of this surname was academic author Kei Nijibayashi.

Nikaido Japanese

Ogita Japanese

Ogiyama 扇山 Japanese

Oiso 大磯 Japanese

Ouma Japanese (Modern)

Roka Japanese
Japanese name meaning "White crest of the wave".

Royama Japanese
蝋 means wax. 山 means mountain.

Sachino Japanese

Saemonsaburo 左衛門三郎, さえもんさぶろう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).

Saemonsaburō 左衛門三郎, さえもんさぶろう Japanese (Rare)
Derived from a combination of the given names 左衛門 (see Saemon) and 三郎 (see Saburō).... [more]

Saemonsaburoh 左衛門三郎, さえもんさぶろう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).

Saemonsaburou 左衛門三郎, さえもんさぶろう Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).

Saishiki 彩色 Japanese
Derived from "彩色" meaning "colouring".

Sakamata Japanese
Perhaps from surname of Naoya Sakamata, who was a composer of dark music.

Sakihara Japanese

Shimotakahara Japanese

Shinobu しのぶ Japanese
Shinobu is a Japanese name meaning "recall" or "endurance."

Shinyama 新山 Japanese
Means "New Mountain".... [more]

Shirogane Japanese (Rare)
Shirogane typically spelt "白銀" ... [more]

Shirokane Japanese

Sho Japanese
Japanese name meaning "to fly/soar" or "wind instrument".

Sōsuke Japanese
From given name “Sōsuke”

Souta Japanese
From Japanese 颯 (sō) meaning "sudden, sound of the wind" and 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great". This name can also be formed of other kanji combinations. Also used as a given name.

Takasugi 高杉 Japanese

Tsugunaga 嗣永, つぐなが Japanese

Tsutena Japanese

Yamato 大和, やまと Japanese
From the given name Yamato.

Yasuki Japanese
Yasu means "Relax, Cheap" and Ki mean "Tree". Yasuki is also a first name.

Yonao 与猶, 與猶, よなお Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 与 (yo) or 與 (yo), both meaning "to bestow, to participate, to provide, cause, gift, godsend" or referring to a given name with one of those characters and 猶 (nao) meaning "still".

Yoshimaru 吉丸 Japanese
YOSHIMARU/吉丸 = Good Fortune/Luck Circle

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