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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : Wonderful

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese (variously written) : topographic name meaning ‘barrier’, apparently taken from the many checkpoints set up throughout Japan by the Shogunate for the purpose of checking travelers’ passes. The surname occurs mostly in the Tōkyō area and the Ryūkyūan island of Amami.