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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : Ocean-centered

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : Ocean-centered

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘offing’; a very old surname which is a component of the name of the island of Okinawa, as well as of the Oki Islands north of Shimane prefecture (though the latter is written phonetically with different characters). The surname is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku, but written with different characters used phonetically.

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