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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : though sometimes written with characters meaning ‘hand’ (te) and ‘island’, the original name as listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku means ‘abundant island’. The first character has other pronunciations, so other versions of the name are Toshima and Toyoshima. All are found mostly in eastern Japan.

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