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Japanese Last Names & Surnames

Explore Japanese last names—also called Japanese surnames or family names—through their kanji, literal meanings, origin types, and evidence-aware stories. A shared spelling does not prove shared ancestry.

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Japanese family names

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Romanized form

Agi

Japanese form

亜岐

あぎ

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 岐: branch off, fork in road, scene

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Agi

Japanese form

亜木

あぎ

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 木: tree, wood

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Agi

Japanese form

阿木

あぎ

Meaning

阿: Africa, flatter, fawn upon; 木: tree, wood

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Agishi

Japanese form

亜岸

あぎし

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 岸: beach

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Agoshima

Japanese form

阿子島

あごしま

Meaning

阿: Africa, flatter, fawn upon; 子: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM; 島: island

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Agu

Japanese form

亜久

あぐ

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 久: long time, old story

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Agui

Japanese form

亜久井

あぐい

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 久: long time, old story; 井: well, well crib, town

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Ahane

Japanese form

亜波根

あはね

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 波: waves, billows, Poland; 根: root, radical, head (pimple)

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Ahara

Japanese form

亜原

あはら

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 原: meadow, original, primitive

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Ai

Japanese form

亜衣

あい

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 衣: garment, clothes, dressing

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Aichiyama

Japanese form

愛知山

あいちやま

Meaning

愛: love, affection, favourite; 知: know, wisdom; 山: mountain

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Aida

Japanese form

阿以田

あいだ

Meaning

阿: Africa, flatter, fawn upon; 以: by means of, because, in view of; 田: rice field, rice paddy

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Aigi

Japanese form

愛木

あいぎ

Meaning

愛: love, affection, favourite; 木: tree, wood

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Aijima

Japanese form

愛島

あいじま

Meaning

愛: love, affection, favourite; 島: island

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Aikawa

Japanese form

阿井川

あいかわ

Meaning

阿: Africa, flatter, fawn upon; 井: well, well crib, town; 川: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

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Aiki

Japanese form

愛木

あいき

Meaning

愛: love, affection, favourite; 木: tree, wood

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Aishima

Japanese form

愛島

あいしま

Meaning

愛: love, affection, favourite; 島: island

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Aiyama

Japanese form

愛山

あいやま

Meaning

愛: love, affection, favourite; 山: mountain

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Ajikawa

Japanese form

阿字川

あじかわ

Meaning

阿: Africa, flatter, fawn upon; 字: character, letter, word; 川: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

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Ajima

Japanese form

阿島

あじま

Meaning

阿: Africa, flatter, fawn upon; 島: island

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Ajimoto

Japanese form

鯵本

あじもと

Meaning

鯵: horse mackerel; 本: book, present, main

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Akari

Japanese form

亜雁

あかり

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 雁: wild goose

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Akawa

Japanese form

阿川

あかわ

Meaning

阿: Africa, flatter, fawn upon; 川: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

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Aki

Japanese form

亜希

あき

Meaning

亜: Asia, rank next, come after; 希: hope, beg, request

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What a literal meaning can tell us

Many Japanese family names use geographic vocabulary such as mountain, river, field, village, or bridge. That makes the written form interpretable, but it does not identify one birthplace or one founding family without additional records.

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