Japanese names consist of a surname and a name following it, and, as a rule, are written in hieroglyphs. However, parents sometimes use the Japanese syllable alphabet of hiragana and katakana to write down the names of their children. Furthermore, in 1985 the list of officially allowed characters was expanded for writing names. Now you can use Latin characters (romanzi), hentayganu, manyogana (syllabic alphabets), as well as special characters and symbols. These are some unique Japanese Last Names.
Hayashi – forest
Maki – Genuine/real
Tachibana – Orange/ tangerine
Tsukuda – Cultivated rice field
Moto – Base/ root/ origin
Nakajima – Middle island
Abe – peace
Akiyama – Aki means autumn and Yama means hill
Sasaki – sa means aid and saki means tree
Ueno – ue means above/top/upper and no field/wildness
Premina Parker, is a parenting advisor. She is the author, most recently, parenting blog called Genbabycarrier.com. Her work has helped Time win two National Magazine Awards.
