Saturday, January 17, 2009

Japanese Surnames 1

Here are some Japanese surnames. I'm going to start posting them because I see a lot of stuff about people asking for Japanese surnames. I didn't include Katakana versions because as traditional Japanese surnames, they won't be written in Katakana. Some of the versions here may different in romanization. Like Saito, Saitō and Saitoh are technically transcribed as Saitou but any option is fine. I'll give common variations for less confusions. If they have a variation, I will write it under the surname.

1. Abe: あべ, 阿部, 安部, 阿辺
2. Ebisu: えびす, 恵比須, 胡, 胡子
3. Egawa: えがわ, 江川, 恵川, 枝川
4. Andou: あんどう, 安堂, 安藤, 安東
-Ando, Andoh , Andō
5. Doumoto: どうもと, 堂元, 堂本, 道本
-Domoto, Dohmoto, Dōmoto
6. Arakawa: あらかわ, 荒川, 新川, 洗川
7. Sakurai: さくらい, 桜井, 櫻井, 佐倉井
8. Atou: あとう, 阿藤, 阿東, 与
-Ato, Atoh, Atō
9. Fujii: ふじい, 藤井, 富士井, 藤伊
10. Bandou: ばんどう, 半藤, 板東, 坂東
-Bando, Bandoh, Bandō
11. Kikukawa: きくかわ, 菊川, 喜久川, 掬川
12. Kamiyama: かみやま, 神山, 紙山, 上山
13. Taguchi: たぐち, 田口*
14. Ashida: あしだ, 芦田, 蘆田, 葭田
15. Kuroki: くろき, 黒木, 黒希, 久良木
16. Hamada: はまだ, 浜田, 濱田, 墾田
17. Kitano: きたの, 北乃, 北野, 喜多野
18. Araki: あらき, 荒木, 新木, 樸
19. Hasegawa: はせがわ, 長谷川, 長谷河, 馳川
20. Motoda: もとだ, 元田, 本田, 基田

*Taguchi only has one spelling.

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