What Japanese family names do you find cool ?

[ricecake]

Here is one three-character Japanese surname Ikarashi,I find uncommon.

[epigene]

Here is one three-character Japanese surname Ikarashi,I find uncommon.

If you mean 五十嵐 , it's read "Igarashi."

My maiden name is an unusual three-character name, but I'm not telling...

[ricecake]

If you mean 五十嵐 , it's read " Igarashi ".

My maiden name is an unusual three-character name, but I'm not telling...

Oh,I see ... thanks for the spelling correction.

There is one very interesting four-character Japanese surname literally means August 1,written as " 8 month 1 day " in Kanji.The site where I spotted it has no translation,I like to know how it's written in Romanji.

[epigene]

Oh,I see ... thanks for the spelling correction.
There is one very interesting four-character Japanese surname literally means August 1,written as " 8 month 1 day " in Kanji.The site where I spotted it has no translation,I like to know how it's written in Romanji.

There are 3 variations to read 八月一日　which, if not a name, is read "hachigatsu tsuitachi"
(a) Hassaku
(b) Hozumi
(c) Yabumi

Source: http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~suzakihp/index40.html

[ricecake]

There are 3 variations to read 八月一日

(a) Hassaku
(b) Hozumi
(c) Yabumi

Your time is appreciated

What's the explanation for the spelling variables,different pronounciation in regional Japanese dialects ?

I can't explain it,all those 3 and 4 character Japanese surnames fascinate me.We have several compound surnames,either belong to our nomadic brethren or have origin of court official ranking in ancient times.

[vbarajas]

i like Murakami...its my husbands last name

[yuuto]

about your new husband's name ... is it cool too ??

[RukaNightmare]

is there a surname yagami?? If there is i quite like it!!

[dark_secrester]

Any surname which is longer than 3 phonetics. Anything shorter than that is a bit rough to the voice.
Kikuchi and Kobayashi are probably my favourite. I guess Kobayashi is the favourable. My best friend, who is English, has that as her surname (She is English but her family came over sometime in 1950s so they are as English as anyone. I'm just used to hearing the name Kobayashi... Not that we are going out or anything.... )

quote from above: is there a surname yagami?? If there is i quite like it!!

There probably is... If there were too many 'miyamoto's you would get confused, but the Japanese don't seem to have a problem, so I guess there is...

[Homerduff]

these are the ones I like. I learned some of them by watching jdorama..

- Misora
- Takagi
- Nakata
- Yamada
- Hanafusa

[I_Love_Yusuke]

Like in every languages, there are names that one likes and others not. I haven't thought long about it, but my favourite Japanese surnames include Fujiwara, Murakami, Shimizu, Maruyama and Nakamura. Likewise, those I dislike most include Goto, Kato, Sato, Abe and Kabe (basically the ones with "on" reading; they are shorter and sound too rough).
What about you ?

Wow, that sounds harsh. My best friend's last name is "Goto".

[MoBay]

I love Yamamoto, Sugahara, Sugiyama, Hayashi

[aussiesamurai]

I must admit I love the family name Shirakawa it belongs to my lost love so I guess it will always be special and after researching Japanese histiry I found that the name was famous in the 12th century

[maggie_13]

I like Natsume, Kurosaki, Kuchiya, Takayanagi, and almost all that is long to pronounce. And I never get tired of saying them even over and over again.

[Iyo]

Ever since I've stumbled upon it, I've really liked the surname Kurosaki (黒崎 ) as well. : )

I have to say Higami is a nice one to. (From someone I know, to join the crowd.) ^_~

[C.Gholy]

I like Kiriyama, Souma, Inoue, Narahara, Nakagawa, Hiwartari, Kinomiya yeah there are my ones. You may reconise some of them if you like BR

[Japolak]

Is Sikora Japanese? It seems Jap to me...

[Jinchengfan]

Hmmm....I think I like Kawashima. It sort of rolls off the tongue and sound lyrical to me.

[Mitsuo]

Actually, Nobunaga isn't a last name. I'm pretty sure.....

[Sono Ike]

Actually, Nobunaga isn't a last name. I'm pretty sure.....

Mitsuo is that true?? ; _ ; )/ Then in Nobunaga Oda, Oda is the family name??
o _ o ?
Anyway, I like it!!

[Mitsuo]

Mitsuo is that true?? ; _ ; )/ Then in Nobunaga Oda, Oda is the family name??
o _ o ?
Anyway, I like it!!

Hi Sono Ike,

Yeah. Oda is the last name and Nobunaga was his first name. They said their last name first and first name last back then. That's why they called it the "Oda clan". Another example would be Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa being the surname.

[LukeSettle]

i like taki 滝
because how it looks/sounds
I dont know many others though.. >.<
i like ones that end with maru!
ishimaru~
yadoumaru~
i tried to make up my own but it just failed.

[ASHIKAGA]

Hi Sono Ike,
Yeah. Oda is the last name and Nobunaga was his first name. They said their last name first and first name last back then. That's why they called it the "Oda clan". Another example would be Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa being the surname.

We still do. Family name first, given name second.

There was a girl in my highschool class whose last name was 安全寺 (Anzenji), which I thought sounded really cool.

[tada]

Shimizu
Nakamura
Fujita
Yamasaki
Moriyama
Shintani

...the list goes on...

[death_haebum]

i'd go for Miyazaki, Yamada, Mitsui, Misaki and Takano...
im not sure if all mentioned are really surnames in japan.. but i love mentioning it.. some were surnames of celebrities but i don't use that excuse..its just that i love the sound of these names..lol