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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : habitational name meaning ‘cherry blossom well’, from any of several places so named; the surname, however, is found mostly in eastern Japan. It is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku. Cherry blossom is a favorite flower of the Japanese.

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