Etymology — The Origins of English Words

Ogata

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 緒方 or 尾形 (Ogata).

Miyuki

Japanese

From Japanese Miyuki.

Ozawa

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 小沢 (Ozawa).

Ogawa

Japanese

From Japanese 小川 (Ogawa), literally "small river."

Tamiko

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese たみこ (Tamiko).

Ayako

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese あやこ (Ayako).

Hisako

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese ひさこ (Hisako).

Wada

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 和田 (Wada).

Yasuko

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese やすこ (Yasuko).

Kobayashi

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 小林 (Kobayashi).

Nakajima

Japanese

From Japanese 中島 (Nakajima), combining characters for "middle" and "island."

Kawashima

Japanese

From Japanese characters meaning "river" and "island."

Akiyama

Japanese

From Japanese characters meaning "autumn" (aki) and "mountain" (yama).

Mariko

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese まりこ (Mariko).

Takeda

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 武田 (たけだ, Takeda, literally “military field”) or 竹田 (たけだ, Takeda, literally “bamboo field”).

Sakurai

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 桜井 (Sakurai).

Maruyama

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 丸山 (Maruyama).

Kinoshita

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 木下 (Kinoshita).

Yamashita

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 山下 (Yamashita).

Kaneko

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 金子 (Kaneko).

Miyamoto

Japanese

From Japanese Miyamoto, meaning "base of the shrine."

Kaneda

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 金田 (Kaneda).

Yamamoto

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 山本 (Yamamoto), meaning "(one who lives at) the base of the mountain(s)" or "(one from) Yamamoto District".

Kuroda

Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 黒田 (Kuroda).