Japanese Last Name Generator

Real Japanese surnames with kanji and meanings

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Generate authentic Japanese last names with their kanji and meanings, from the most common surnames like Sato, Suzuki and Takahashi to rare and samurai-era family names such as Saionji, Kirishima and Sanada. Every entry is a real surname in use in Japan.

About Japanese last names

Japan has well over 100,000 surnames, more than almost any other country, yet the ten most common (Sato, Suzuki, Takahashi, Tanaka, Watanabe, Ito, Yamamoto, Nakamura, Kobayashi, Kato) cover roughly one person in ten. Most family names were only fixed in 1875, when commoners were required to register one, and the majority describe where a family lived: ta (rice field), yama (mountain), kawa (river), mura (village), hashi (bridge), moto (base or origin), shima (island), and naka, ue or shita (middle, above, below). Tanaka is 'middle of the rice field', Yamashita 'below the mountain', Kobayashi 'small forest'.

A second large group descends from the powerful Fujiwara clan: names ending in -to or -do such as Sato, Kato, Ito, Saito, Endo and Kondo combine a place or role with the 'wisteria' kanji 藤. Aristocratic families took their names from Kyoto streets (Ichijo, Nijo, Kujo, Saionji), while samurai houses like Tokugawa, Takeda, Uesugi and Sanada are still in use and carry instant historical weight. Okinawan surnames (Higa, Shimabukuro, Kinjo, Arakaki) sound noticeably different from mainland names.

Each entry below is written as romaji, the most common kanji, and the literal meaning of those characters. The same reading can be written with different kanji, so the meaning shown is for the spelling given.

How to choose Japanese last names

  • Choose by how common the name should feel: Sato, Suzuki, Tanaka and Watanabe make a character deliberately ordinary, while Saionji, Kirishima or Ayanokoji immediately read as wealthy, old or dramatic to Japanese audiences.
  • Pair the surname with an era-appropriate given name and keep word order consistent: Tanaka Hiroshi in Japanese order, Hiroshi Tanaka in English. Mixing orders within one story confuses readers.
  • Use the meaning as worldbuilding, not as a rule. Yamamoto ('foot of the mountain') suits a family from a mountain village, but in real life nobody assumes a Mr. Ishikawa lives near a stone river.
  • For samurai, yakuza or period settings, pick names attested in history (Takeda, Hojo, Sanada, Date) rather than inventing kanji combinations; invented names tend to sound like anime attacks.
  • Avoid mixing in Chinese or Korean surnames (Wang, Kim, Park) or surnames with final consonants other than n; real Japanese surnames end in a vowel or n, which is part of why they sound Japanese.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common Japanese last names?

Sato, Suzuki, Takahashi, Tanaka, Watanabe, Ito, Yamamoto, Nakamura, Kobayashi and Kato. All ten appear near the top of this list. Together they account for around 12 million people, and most describe a landscape feature: rice fields, mountains, rivers, villages and bridges.

Do Japanese last names have meanings?

Yes, but the meaning lives in the kanji rather than the sound. Takahashi written 高橋 means 'tall bridge'; the same sound could in theory be written other ways. This generator shows the most common kanji for each name and the literal meaning of those characters, which is how Japanese people themselves explain their surnames.

Can I use these surnames for an anime OC, a novel or a game character?

Yes. Every surname is a real family name with many bearers, so none points to a single person, and they all sound authentic in Japanese. Pair a rare surname with a modern given name for a distinctive character, or a top-ten surname for an everyman.

Why are some Japanese surnames written with different kanji but pronounced the same?

Because families registered names in 1875 by sound as much as by writing, and different regions chose different characters. Saito can be 斎藤, 斉藤, 齋藤 or 齊藤; Watanabe is 渡辺 or 渡邊. They are treated as the same name in conversation but different names on paper, which matters for official documents and name seals.

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A: 29 names

  • Abe (阿部, corner section)
  • Akabane (赤羽, red feather)
  • Akagi (赤木, red tree)
  • Akamatsu (赤松, red pine)
  • Akasaka (赤坂, red slope)
  • Akashi (明石, bright stone)
  • Akechi (明智, bright wisdom)
  • Akiyama (秋山, autumn mountain)
  • Akutagawa (芥川, mustard river)
  • Amakusa (天草, heaven grass)
  • Amamiya (雨宮, rain shrine)
  • Amano (天野, heavenly field)
  • Ando (安藤, peaceful Fujiwara)
  • Aoba (青葉, green leaves)

A, continued

  • Aoki (青木, green tree)
  • Aono (青野, green field)
  • Aoyagi (青柳, green willow)
  • Aoyama (青山, green mountain)
  • Arai (新井, new well)
  • Arakaki (新垣, new fence)
  • Arakawa (荒川, wild river)
  • Asada (浅田, shallow rice field)
  • Asahi (朝日, morning sun)
  • Asai (浅井, shallow well)
  • Asakura (朝倉, morning storehouse)
  • Asami (浅見, shallow view)
  • Asano (浅野, shallow field)
  • Ayanokoji (綾小路, twill lane)
  • Azai (浅井, shallow well; Omi clan reading)

C: 3 names

  • Chiba (千葉, thousand leaves)
  • Chinen (知念, wisdom and thought)
  • Chosokabe (長宗我部, long clan section)

D: 1 name

  • Date (伊達, Date district of Mutsu; also dashing)

E: 1 name

  • Endo (遠藤, distant Fujiwara)

F: 19 names

  • Fujii (藤井, wisteria well)
  • Fujimoto (藤本, base of the wisteria)
  • Fujimura (藤村, wisteria village)
  • Fujioka (藤岡, wisteria hill)
  • Fujisawa (藤沢, wisteria marsh)
  • Fujita (藤田, wisteria rice field)
  • Fujiwara (藤原, wisteria plain)
  • Fukuda (福田, fortunate rice field)
  • Fukui (福井, fortunate well)

F, continued

  • Fukunaga (福永, eternal fortune)
  • Fukuoka (福岡, fortunate hill)
  • Fukushima (福島, fortunate island)
  • Fukuyama (福山, fortunate mountain)
  • Fukuzawa (福沢, fortunate marsh)
  • Funabashi (船橋, boat bridge)
  • Funaki (船木, boat tree)
  • Funakoshi (船越, beyond the boats)
  • Furukawa (古川, old river)
  • Futaba (双葉, twin leaves)

G: 3 names

  • Gojo (五条, fifth avenue)
  • Goto (後藤, later Fujiwara)
  • Gushiken (具志堅, firm will)

H: 33 names

  • Hagiwara (萩原, bush clover plain)
  • Hamada (浜田, beach rice field)
  • Hamaguchi (浜口, beach entrance)
  • Hamamoto (浜本, base of the beach)
  • Hamasaki (浜崎, beach cape)
  • Hara (原, meadow)
  • Harada (原田, meadow rice field)
  • Haruyama (春山, spring mountain)
  • Hasegawa (長谷川, long valley river)
  • Hashiguchi (橋口, bridge entrance)
  • Hashimoto (橋本, base of the bridge)

H, continued

  • Hashizume (橋爪, bridge claw)
  • Hatakeyama (畠山, farm mountain)
  • Hattori (服部, clothing guild)
  • Hayakawa (早川, swift river)
  • Hayashi (林, grove)
  • Hidaka (日高, high sun)
  • Higa (比嘉, comparable joy)
  • Higashi (東, east)
  • Hirai (平井, flat well)
  • Hirano (平野, flat plain)
  • Hirata (平田, flat rice field)

H, continued

  • Hirayama (平山, flat mountain)
  • Hisamatsu (久松, lasting pine)
  • Hojo (北条, northern district)
  • Honda (本田, original rice field)
  • Hori (堀, moat)
  • Horie (堀江, moat inlet)
  • Horikawa (堀川, moat river)
  • Horiuchi (堀内, within the moat)
  • Hoshi (星, star)
  • Hoshino (星野, star field)
  • Hosokawa (細川, narrow river)

I: 42 names

  • Ichihara (市原, market plain)
  • Ichijo (一条, first avenue)
  • Ichikawa (市川, market river)
  • Ichinomiya (一宮, first shrine)
  • Ichinose (一ノ瀬, first rapids)
  • Igarashi (五十嵐, fifty storms)
  • Ii (井伊, well of Ii)
  • Iida (飯田, cooked rice field)
  • Ikeda (池田, pond rice field)
  • Ikeuchi (池内, inside the pond)
  • Imagawa (今川, present river)
  • Imai (今井, new well)
  • Inaba (稲葉, rice leaf)
  • Inada (稲田, rice plant field)

I, continued

  • Inagaki (稲垣, rice fence)
  • Inamura (稲村, rice village)
  • Inomata (猪俣, boar fork)
  • Inoue (井上, above the well)
  • Inukai (犬養, dog keeper)
  • Ishibashi (石橋, stone bridge)
  • Ishida (石田, stone rice field)
  • Ishigami (石神, stone god)
  • Ishiguro (石黒, black stone)
  • Ishihara (石原, stone plain)
  • Ishii (石井, stone well)
  • Ishikawa (石川, stone river)
  • Ishimaru (石丸, round stone)
  • Ishioka (石岡, stone hill)

I, continued

  • Ishiyama (石山, stone mountain)
  • Ishizaki (石崎, stone cape)
  • Ishizuka (石塚, stone mound)
  • Isobe (磯部, rocky shore section)
  • Isogai (磯貝, rocky shore shell)
  • Ito (伊藤, Fujiwara of Ise)
  • Iwabuchi (岩淵, rock pool)
  • Iwai (岩井, rock well)
  • Iwaki (岩城, rock castle)
  • Iwamoto (岩本, base of the rock)
  • Iwanaga (岩永, eternal rock)
  • Iwasaki (岩崎, rocky cape)
  • Iwashita (岩下, below the rock)
  • Iwata (岩田, rock rice field)

J: 1 name

  • Jinbo (神保, guardian of the gods)

K: 82 names

  • Kaga (加賀, Kaga province)
  • Kagami (加賀美, beauty of Kaga)
  • Kageyama (影山, shadow mountain)
  • Kaji (鍛冶, blacksmith)
  • Kajiwara (梶原, oar plain)
  • Kameda (亀田, turtle rice field)
  • Kamei (亀井, turtle well)
  • Kameyama (亀山, turtle mountain)
  • Kamijo (上条, upper avenue)
  • Kamiya (神谷, god valley)
  • Kamiyama (神山, sacred mountain)
  • Kanazawa (金沢, gold marsh)
  • Kanda (神田, shrine rice field)

K, continued

  • Kaneko (金子, gold child)
  • Kanemoto (金本, base of gold)
  • Kaneshiro (金城, gold castle)
  • Kaneyama (金山, gold mountain)
  • Kanno (菅野, sedge field)
  • Kanzaki (神崎, sacred cape)
  • Kashiwabara (柏原, oak plain)
  • Kashiwagi (柏木, oak tree)
  • Kataoka (片岡, one-sided hill)
  • Katayama (片山, one-sided mountain)
  • Kato (加藤, Fujiwara of Kaga)
  • Katsura (桂, Japanese judas tree)
  • Kawabata (川端, riverbank)
  • Kawada (川田, river rice field)

K, continued

  • Kawaguchi (川口, river mouth)
  • Kawahara (河原, dry riverbed)
  • Kawai (河合, river confluence)
  • Kawakami (川上, upriver)
  • Kawamura (河村, river village)
  • Kawano (河野, river field)
  • Kawasaki (川崎, river cape)
  • Kawashima (川島, river island)
  • Kido (木戸, wooden gate)
  • Kijima (木島, tree island)
  • Kikuchi (菊地, chrysanthemum ground)
  • Kimoto (木本, base of the tree)
  • Kimura (木村, tree village)
  • Kinjo (金城, golden castle)

K, continued

  • Kinoshita (木下, under the tree)
  • Kirishima (霧島, misty island)
  • Kiryu (桐生, paulownia life)
  • Kishi (岸, shore)
  • Kita (北, north)
  • Kitagawa (北川, north river)
  • Kitamura (北村, north village)
  • Kizaki (木崎, tree cape)
  • Kobayashi (小林, small forest)
  • Kohashi (小橋, small bridge)
  • Kojima (小島, small island)
  • Komatsu (小松, small pine)
  • Komatsubara (小松原, small pine plain)

K, continued

  • Kondo (近藤, near Fujiwara)
  • Konno (今野, present field)
  • Konoe (近衛, imperial guard)
  • Koyama (小山, small mountain)
  • Kubo (久保, long-lasting hollow)
  • Kubota (久保田, long-lasting hollow field)
  • Kudo (工藤, craftsman Fujiwara)
  • Kujo (九条, ninth avenue)
  • Kumada (熊田, bear rice field)
  • Kumagai (熊谷, bear valley)
  • Kumamoto (熊本, bear origin)
  • Kurahashi (倉橋, storehouse bridge)
  • Kuraki (倉木, storehouse tree)
  • Kuramochi (倉持, storehouse holder)

K, continued

  • Kurata (倉田, storehouse rice field)
  • Kurihara (栗原, chestnut plain)
  • Kuriyama (栗山, chestnut mountain)
  • Kuroda (黒田, black rice field)
  • Kuroiwa (黒岩, black rock)
  • Kurokawa (黒川, black river)
  • Kuroki (黒木, black tree)
  • Kurosaki (黒崎, black cape)
  • Kurosawa (黒沢, black marsh)
  • Kurusu (来栖, coming nest)
  • Kusakabe (日下部, section under the sun)
  • Kusanagi (草彅, grass cutter)
  • Kusunoki (楠, camphor tree)
  • Kuwabara (桑原, mulberry plain)

M: 58 names

  • Maeda (前田, front rice field)
  • Makino (牧野, pasture field)
  • Maruyama (丸山, round mountain)
  • Masuda (増田, growing rice field)
  • Matsubara (松原, pine plain)
  • Matsuda (松田, pine rice field)
  • Matsudaira (松平, pine peace)
  • Matsui (松井, pine well)
  • Matsumoto (松本, base of the pine)
  • Matsumura (松村, pine village)
  • Matsunaga (松永, eternal pine)
  • Matsuno (松野, pine field)
  • Matsuo (松尾, pine tail)
  • Matsuoka (松岡, pine hill)

M, continued

  • Matsushima (松島, pine island)
  • Matsushita (松下, under the pine)
  • Matsuura (松浦, pine bay)
  • Matsuyama (松山, pine mountain)
  • Matsuzaka (松坂, pine slope)
  • Matsuzaki (松崎, pine cape)
  • Matsuzawa (松沢, pine marsh)
  • Mikami (三上, three above)
  • Mikawa (三河, three rivers)
  • Minami (南, south)
  • Minamoto (源, source)
  • Minato (湊, harbor)
  • Mine (峰, peak)
  • Minegishi (峰岸, peak shore)
  • Mineyama (峰山, peak mountain)

M, continued

  • Mishima (三島, three islands)
  • Mitsuhashi (三橋, three bridges)
  • Mitsui (三井, three wells)
  • Miura (三浦, three bays)
  • Miyagawa (宮川, shrine river)
  • Miyagi (宮城, shrine castle)
  • Miyahara (宮原, shrine plain)
  • Miyajima (宮島, shrine island)
  • Miyake (三宅, three houses)
  • Miyamoto (宮本, base of the shrine)
  • Miyamura (宮村, shrine village)
  • Miyashita (宮下, below the shrine)
  • Miyata (宮田, shrine rice field)
  • Miyauchi (宮内, within the shrine)

M, continued

  • Miyazaki (宮崎, shrine cape)
  • Miyazawa (宮沢, shrine marsh)
  • Miyoshi (三好, three goods)
  • Mizoguchi (溝口, ditch entrance)
  • Mizuguchi (水口, water outlet)
  • Mizuno (水野, water field)
  • Mizushima (水島, water island)
  • Mizutani (水谷, water valley)
  • Mochizuki (望月, full moon)
  • Mori (森, forest)
  • Morita (森田, forest rice field)
  • Murakami (村上, above the village)
  • Murata (村田, village rice field)
  • Murayama (村山, village mountain)
  • Muto (武藤, warrior Fujiwara)

N: 28 names

  • Nagai (永井, eternal well)
  • Nagano (長野, long field)
  • Nagaoka (長岡, long hill)
  • Nagasaki (長崎, long cape)
  • Nagasawa (長沢, long marsh)
  • Nagashima (長島, long island)
  • Nagata (永田, eternal rice field)
  • Nagayama (永山, eternal mountain)
  • Naito (内藤, inner Fujiwara)
  • Nakagawa (中川, middle river)
  • Nakajima (中島, middle island)
  • Nakama (仲間, companion)
  • Nakamura (中村, middle village)
  • Nakano (中野, middle field)

N, continued

  • Nakashima (中嶋, middle isle)
  • Nakasone (仲宗根, middle clan root)
  • Nakata (中田, middle rice field)
  • Nakayama (中山, middle mountain)
  • Natsume (夏目, summer eye)
  • Nijo (二条, second avenue)
  • Nishi (西, west)
  • Nishida (西田, west rice field)
  • Nishikawa (西川, west river)
  • Nishimura (西村, west village)
  • Nishiyama (西山, west mountain)
  • Niwa (丹羽, red feather)
  • Noguchi (野口, field entrance)
  • Nomura (野村, field village)

O: 31 names

  • Ochiai (落合, meeting of rivers)
  • Oda (織田, weaving rice field)
  • Ogawa (小川, small river)
  • Ogura (小倉, small storehouse)
  • Ohara (大原, great plain)
  • Ohashi (大橋, great bridge)
  • Oikawa (及川, reaching river)
  • Oka (岡, hill)
  • Okabe (岡部, hill section)
  • Okada (岡田, hill rice field)

O, continued

  • Okamoto (岡本, base of the hill)
  • Okamura (岡村, hill village)
  • Okazaki (岡崎, hill cape)
  • Okubo (大久保, great lasting hollow)
  • Okuda (奥田, inner rice field)
  • Okumura (奥村, inner village)
  • Okuyama (奥山, deep mountain)
  • Omori (大森, great forest)
  • Onishi (大西, great west)
  • Ono (小野, small field)

O, continued

  • Oshima (大島, great island)
  • Oshiro (大城, great castle)
  • Ota (太田, large rice field)
  • Otake (大竹, great bamboo)
  • Otani (大谷, great valley)
  • Otomo (大友, great friend)
  • Otsuka (大塚, great mound)
  • Otsuki (大槻, great zelkova)
  • Oyama (大山, great mountain)
  • Ozaki (尾崎, tail cape)
  • Ozawa (小沢, small marsh)

R: 1 name

  • Ryuzoji (龍造寺, dragon-built temple)

S: 58 names

  • Saionji (西園寺, west garden temple)
  • Saito (斎藤, purified Fujiwara)
  • Sakaguchi (坂口, slope entrance)
  • Sakai (酒井, sake well)
  • Sakaki (榊, sacred evergreen)
  • Sakakibara (榊原, sacred tree plain)
  • Sakamoto (坂本, base of the slope)
  • Sakanoue (坂上, top of the slope)
  • Sakata (坂田, slope rice field)
  • Sakuma (佐久間, space between helpers)
  • Sakuraba (桜庭, cherry blossom garden)
  • Sakurai (桜井, cherry blossom well)
  • Sanada (真田, true rice field)
  • Sanjo (三条, third avenue)

S, continued

  • Sano (佐野, helper field)
  • Saotome (早乙女, rice-planting maiden)
  • Sarutobi (猿飛, leaping monkey)
  • Saruwatari (猿渡, monkey crossing)
  • Sasaki (佐々木, helper tree)
  • Sato (佐藤, helper of Fujiwara)
  • Sawada (沢田, marsh rice field)
  • Seki (関, barrier gate)
  • Shibata (柴田, brushwood rice field)
  • Shima (島, island)
  • Shimabukuro (島袋, island bag)
  • Shimada (島田, island rice field)
  • Shimamoto (島本, base of the island)
  • Shimamura (島村, island village)
  • Shimazaki (島崎, island cape)

S, continued

  • Shimazu (島津, island harbor)
  • Shimizu (清水, pure water)
  • Shimoda (下田, lower rice field)
  • Shimomura (下村, lower village)
  • Shimoyama (下山, below the mountain)
  • Shindo (進藤, advancing Fujiwara)
  • Shinohara (篠原, bamboo grass plain)
  • Shirai (白井, white well)
  • Shiraishi (白石, white stone)
  • Shirakawa (白川, white river)
  • Shiratori (白鳥, swan)
  • Shirayama (白山, white mountain)
  • Shiroishi (白石, white stone)
  • Shirota (白田, white rice field)

S, continued

  • Shiroyama (城山, castle mountain)
  • Shoji (庄司, manor steward)
  • Shono (庄野, manor field)
  • Suda (須田, necessary rice field)
  • Sudo (須藤, necessary wisteria)
  • Sugawara (菅原, sedge plain)
  • Sugihara (杉原, cedar plain)
  • Sugimoto (杉本, base of the cedar)
  • Sugimura (杉村, cedar village)
  • Sugino (杉野, cedar field)
  • Sugisaki (杉崎, cedar cape)
  • Sugita (杉田, cedar rice field)
  • Sugiura (杉浦, cedar bay)
  • Sugiyama (杉山, cedar mountain)
  • Suzuki (鈴木, bell tree)

T: 69 names

  • Tachibana (橘, mandarin orange tree)
  • Taguchi (田口, rice field mouth)
  • Taira (平, peace)
  • Takada (高田, high rice field)
  • Takagi (高木, tall tree)
  • Takahara (高原, highland)
  • Takahashi (高橋, tall bridge)
  • Takamine (高峰, high peak)
  • Takamiya (高宮, high shrine)
  • Takano (高野, high field)
  • Takaoka (高岡, high hill)
  • Takashima (高島, high island)
  • Takasugi (高杉, tall cedar)

T, continued

  • Takatori (鷹取, hawk catcher)
  • Takayama (高山, tall mountain)
  • Takeda (武田, warrior rice field)
  • Takemoto (竹本, base of the bamboo)
  • Takemura (竹村, bamboo village)
  • Takenaka (竹中, within the bamboo grove)
  • Takenouchi (竹之内, inside the bamboo)
  • Takeshita (竹下, under the bamboo)
  • Takeuchi (竹内, within the bamboo)
  • Tamagawa (玉川, jewel river)
  • Tamaki (玉城, jewel castle)
  • Tamura (田村, rice field village)
  • Tanabe (田辺, edge of the rice field)
  • Tanaka (田中, middle of the rice field)

T, continued

  • Tani (谷, valley)
  • Tanigawa (谷川, valley river)
  • Taniguchi (谷口, valley mouth)
  • Tanimoto (谷本, base of the valley)
  • Tanimura (谷村, valley village)
  • Tanizaki (谷崎, valley cape)
  • Tanuma (田沼, rice field swamp)
  • Tateyama (立山, standing mountain)
  • Terada (寺田, temple rice field)
  • Teramoto (寺本, base of the temple)
  • Terashima (寺島, temple island)
  • Terauchi (寺内, within the temple)
  • Toba (鳥羽, bird feather)
  • Toda (戸田, door rice field)

T, continued

  • Togashi (富樫, wealthy evergreen oak)
  • Tokugawa (徳川, virtuous river)
  • Tokunaga (徳永, eternal virtue)
  • Tominaga (富永, eternal wealth)
  • Tomioka (富岡, wealthy hill)
  • Tomita (富田, wealthy rice field)
  • Torigoe (鳥越, beyond the birds)
  • Torii (鳥居, shrine gate)
  • Toriyama (鳥山, bird mountain)
  • Toyama (遠山, distant mountain)
  • Toyotomi (豊臣, bountiful retainer)
  • Tsubaki (椿, camellia)
  • Tsuboi (坪井, plot well)
  • Tsuchida (土田, earth rice field)

T, continued

  • Tsuchiya (土屋, earthen house)
  • Tsuda (津田, harbor rice field)
  • Tsuji (辻, crossroads)
  • Tsukamoto (塚本, base of the mound)
  • Tsukishima (月島, moon island)
  • Tsukuda (佃, cultivated field)
  • Tsunoda (角田, corner rice field)
  • Tsuru (鶴, crane)
  • Tsurumi (鶴見, crane view)
  • Tsuruoka (鶴岡, crane hill)
  • Tsuruta (鶴田, crane rice field)
  • Tsushima (対馬, facing horses)
  • Tsutsui (筒井, tube well)
  • Tsutsumi (堤, embankment)

U: 11 names

  • Uchida (内田, inner rice field)
  • Uchiyama (内山, inner mountain)
  • Ueda (上田, upper rice field)
  • Ueno (上野, upper field)
  • Uesugi (上杉, upper cedar)
  • Ukai (鵜飼, cormorant keeper)
  • Umeda (梅田, plum rice field)
  • Umemoto (梅本, base of the plum)
  • Urabe (卜部, diviner section)
  • Ushiyama (牛山, ox mountain)
  • Utsumi (内海, inland sea)

W: 3 names

  • Wada (和田, harmony rice field)
  • Washio (鷲尾, eagle's tail)
  • Watanabe (渡辺, crossing the river's edge)

Y: 27 names

  • Yagyu (柳生, willow life)
  • Yamada (山田, mountain rice field)
  • Yamaguchi (山口, mountain entrance)
  • Yamakawa (山川, mountain river)
  • Yamamoto (山本, foot of the mountain)
  • Yamamura (山村, mountain village)
  • Yamanaka (山中, within the mountains)
  • Yamane (山根, mountain root)
  • Yamashita (山下, below the mountain)
  • Yamauchi (山内, within the mountains)
  • Yamazaki (山崎, mountain cape)
  • Yanagi (柳, willow)
  • Yanagisawa (柳沢, willow marsh)

Y, continued

  • Yashiro (社, shrine)
  • Yasuda (安田, peaceful rice field)
  • Yokota (横田, side rice field)
  • Yokoyama (横山, side mountain)
  • Yoshida (吉田, lucky rice field)
  • Yoshikawa (吉川, lucky river)
  • Yoshimoto (吉本, base of good luck)
  • Yoshimura (吉村, lucky village)
  • Yoshinaga (吉永, eternal luck)
  • Yoshino (吉野, lucky field)
  • Yoshioka (吉岡, lucky hill)
  • Yoshizawa (吉沢, lucky marsh)
  • Yotsuya (四谷, four valleys)
  • Yukawa (湯川, hot spring river)