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21,378 first names, 70,620 last names, 317,184 kanji variations.
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In Japanese, there is a culture of kanji which is a set of characters that originated from Chinese characters, and the meaning of the name changes according to the choice of kanji characters.
Even surnames with the same reading have different meanings depending on how the kanji characters are applied.
For Sugawara, kanji choices are listed below, sorted by the households number in Japan.
Introduction to how Japanese names work About this site's data of last names
菅 means "sedge, rush, reed." Details are below.
General name for perennial herbs of the sedge family Kayazulaceae.
Karukya - A grass of the rice family.
Sugawara clan - Especially Michizane Sugawara(菅原道真).
原 means "origin, source, foundation." Details are below.
Plain land/Ground - A wide, flat land or ground.
Origin/Source - Going back to the original source. The beginning or cause of something.
Forgiveness - To not blame someone for their mistakes.
Seriousness/Integrity - Being serious and honest. Being sincere and honest.
管 means "pipe, tube, cylinder." Details are below.
Flute - A general term for a wind instrument that is made of bamboo and is blown to make sound.
Pen Axis - The axis of a pen.
Tube - A thin, tubular object made of bamboo.
Key - A device used to open or close a lock.
Govern - To rule, control, regulate, or manage.
Essential - Necessary or important.
原 means "origin, source, foundation." Details are below.
Plain land/Ground - A wide, flat land or ground.
Origin/Source - Going back to the original source. The beginning or cause of something.
Forgiveness - To not blame someone for their mistakes.
Seriousness/Integrity - Being serious and honest. Being sincere and honest.
菅 means "sedge, rush, reed." Details are below.
General name for perennial herbs of the sedge family Kayazulaceae.
Karukya - A grass of the rice family.
Sugawara clan - Especially Michizane Sugawara(菅原道真).
家 means "house, home, family." Details are below.
Family - A group of people related by blood or marriage.
Lineage - A group of people descended from a common ancestor.
Specialty - A branch of knowledge or art. People belonging to it.
To Live - To inhabit or reside in a place.
原 means "origin, source, foundation." Details are below.
Plain land/Ground - A wide, flat land or ground.
Origin/Source - Going back to the original source. The beginning or cause of something.
Forgiveness - To not blame someone for their mistakes.
Seriousness/Integrity - Being serious and honest. Being sincere and honest.
須 means "must, necessary, required." Details are below.
Necessary - Required or essential.
Use - To use or employ something.
Request - To ask for something.
Wait - To remain in a state of expectation.
Await - To wait for something to happen.
Anticipate - To look forward to something.
Awhile - For a short period of time.
Chin Beard - A small beard on the chin.
賀 means "congratulation, greeting." Details are below.
Celebrate/Congratulate - To express joy and happiness for an event or accomplishment.
Praise - To express admiration and approval for someone or something.
Take on/Undertake - To accept responsibility for a task or obligation.
原 means "origin, source, foundation." Details are below.
Plain land/Ground - A wide, flat land or ground.
Origin/Source - Going back to the original source. The beginning or cause of something.
Forgiveness - To not blame someone for their mistakes.
Seriousness/Integrity - Being serious and honest. Being sincere and honest.
簀 means "a rather woven bamboo or wood."
河 means "river, stream, watercourse." Details are below.
River - A large river, such as the Yellow River in China.
Milky Way - The celestial river in the night sky.
原 means "origin, source, foundation." Details are below.
Plain land/Ground - A wide, flat land or ground.
Origin/Source - Going back to the original source. The beginning or cause of something.
Forgiveness - To not blame someone for their mistakes.
Seriousness/Integrity - Being serious and honest. Being sincere and honest.
須 means "must, necessary, required." Details are below.
Necessary - Required or essential.
Use - To use or employ something.
Request - To ask for something.
Wait - To remain in a state of expectation.
Await - To wait for something to happen.
Anticipate - To look forward to something.
Awhile - For a short period of time.
Chin Beard - A small beard on the chin.
ケ Hiragana and katakana are meaningless.
原 means "origin, source, foundation." Details are below.
Plain land/Ground - A wide, flat land or ground.
Origin/Source - Going back to the original source. The beginning or cause of something.
Forgiveness - To not blame someone for their mistakes.
Seriousness/Integrity - Being serious and honest. Being sincere and honest.
須 means "must, necessary, required." Details are below.
Necessary - Required or essential.
Use - To use or employ something.
Request - To ask for something.
Wait - To remain in a state of expectation.
Await - To wait for something to happen.
Anticipate - To look forward to something.
Awhile - For a short period of time.
Chin Beard - A small beard on the chin.
加 means "add, include, augment." Details are below.
To add/Append - To add something to an existing situation or group.
To join/Participate - To become part of a group or situation.
To influence - To have an effect on something or someone.
In addition/On top of that - To add something extra to an existing situation.
Addition/Sum - A mathematical operation in which two or more numbers are added together.
原 means "origin, source, foundation." Details are below.
Plain land/Ground - A wide, flat land or ground.
Origin/Source - Going back to the original source. The beginning or cause of something.
Forgiveness - To not blame someone for their mistakes.
Seriousness/Integrity - Being serious and honest. Being sincere and honest.
Last names that have the same initial of S.
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This is the order of names with many variations of kanji.
Basically, names with more variations are more common and familiar to the Japanese.
Sort by Most Viewed?
The names are sorted by the number of times they have been viewed on this site. This ranking is based on the behavior of users around the world, including Japan, so it does not mean that the names are commonly viewed by Japanese people only.
Please note that just because a name has been viewed more times does not mean it is a famous name in Japan.
What is Hiragana?
Hiragana is a syllabary used in written Japanese, which originated from the cursive style of Kanji.
What is Katakana?
Katakana is also a Japanese syllabary. Basically, the characters don't have any meaning by themselves, they only represent the sounds.
Japanese try to express the words came from foreign languages with the most similar sounds in Japanese using Katakana.
Households?
The names are sorted by the number of Japanese households where the surname is used.
The more households there are, the more famous and common the surname is.
About this site's data of last names