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Kanji Names & Meanings - 8 variations
In Japanese culture, kanji are characters that originated from Chinese script, and the meaning of a name changes depending on the kanji characters chosen. Even surnames with the same pronunciation can have different meanings based on the kanji used. Below are the kanji variations for "Yamazaki," listed in order of popularity based on household usage in Japan.
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山 means "mountain."
Mountain - A high and elevated place or terrain. Also, something with such a shape.
Temple - A word used in the name of a temple.
Grave - A mound of earth used to create a tomb.
Peak - The place where interest in a matter is highest. The highest point.
View details for the kanji 山
崎 means "cape, promontory."
Steep - Describes a terrain that is steep or rugged, such as a mountain or mountain path.
Promontory - A piece of land that juts out into the sea or a lake.
View details for the kanji 崎
Households : aprx. 100,000
Households : aprx. 400
山 means "mountain."
Mountain - A high and elevated place or terrain. Also, something with such a shape.
Temple - A word used in the name of a temple.
Grave - A mound of earth used to create a tomb.
Peak - The place where interest in a matter is highest. The highest point.
View details for the kanji 山
咲 means "bloom, blossom, flourish."
To Laugh , Smile - To express joy or amusement with a facial expression.
To Bloom , Blossom - To open and display the petals of a flower.
To Open , Unfold - To reveal or expand something that was previously hidden or closed.
View details for the kanji 咲
Households : aprx. 60
Households : aprx. 50
山 means "mountain."
Mountain - A high and elevated place or terrain. Also, something with such a shape.
Temple - A word used in the name of a temple.
Grave - A mound of earth used to create a tomb.
Peak - The place where interest in a matter is highest. The highest point.
View details for the kanji 山
埼 means "cape, promontory."
Cape - A cape or promontory, which is the end of a piece of land that juts out into the sea or a lake.
Prefecture - It is used in the name of the prefecture of Saitama(埼玉).
View details for the kanji 埼
Households : aprx. 20
Households : aprx. 20
Households : under 10
Households : under 10
Real Persons
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山﨑 Yamazaki 愛生 Mei Japanese singer, dancer and model (2005- ) EN JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 琳 Rin Japanese association football player (2004- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 希一 Kiichi Japanese association football player (2001- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki まりあ Maria Japanese actress (1999- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 彩音 Ayane Japanese singer-songwriter (1999- ) EN JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 伊織 Iori Japanese baseball player (1998- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 怜奈 Rena Japanese talent and former member of Nogizaka46 (1997- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 浩介 Kōsuke Japanese association football player (1995- ) EN JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 賢人 Kento Japanese actor and model (1994- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 珠美 Tamami Japanese judoka (1994- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki あおい Aoi Japanese singer-songwriter (1993- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 桃子 Momoko Japanese martial artist (1992- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 貴雅 Takamasa Japanese association football player (1992- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 舞 Mai Japanese baseball player (1991- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki はるか Haruka Japanese voice actress and actress (1991- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 直之 Naoyuki Japanese association football player (1991- ) EN JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 正登 Masato Japanese association football player (1990- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 将平 Shōhei Japanese actor (1990- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 正貴 Masataka Japanese baseball player (1989- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 亮平 Ryōhei Japanese association football player (1989- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 悠麻 Yuma badminton player (1988- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 秀晃 Hideaki Japanese kickboxer (1987- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 育三郎 Ikusaburō Japanese actor, singer (1986- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 知春 Chiharu Japanese table tennis player (1985- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 好美 Yoshimi (1984- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 誠士 Seiji Japanese jockey (1984- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 彩 Aya Japanese announcer (1984- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 雄介 Yūsuke Japanese actor (1983- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 千裕 Chihiro Japanese trumpeter (1983- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 勝己 Katsuki baseball player (1982- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 哲男 Tetsuo basketball player (1982- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 雅人 Masato Japanese association football player (1981- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 結子 Yuiko Japanese politician (1981- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 敏 Satoshi Japanese baseball player (1981- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 渡 Wataru Japanese association football player (1980- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 亜美 Ami Japanese pornographic actress, singer and model (1980- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 善庸 Yoshinobu (1979- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 芳仁 Yoshihito Japanese keirin cyclist (1979- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 哲司 Tetsuji (1979- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 光太郎 Kōtarō Japanese association football player (1978- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 信介 Shinsuke Japanese racing driver (1978- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 貴弘 Takahiro Japanese baseball player (1978- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 哲也 Tetsuya Japanese association football player (1978- ) EN JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 賢太 Kenta Japanese baseball player (1978- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki みちる Michiru Japanese seiyū (1978- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 剛 Takeshi (1977- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki ゆり Yuri Japanese actress (1976- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 隆広 Takahiro baseball player (1976- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 聡子 Satoko Japanese announcer (1976- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 勝之 Katsuyuki actor (1976- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 弘也 Hironari Japanese comedian (1976- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 達璽 Tatsuji Japanese film director (1974- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 紗也夏 Sayaka Japanese mangaka (1974- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 岳彦 Takehiko Japanese seiyū (1974- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 亜弥子 Ayako Japanese singer (1974- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 智也 Tomoya (1974- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 依里奈 Erina Japanese voice actress (1974- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 樹範 Shigenori Japanese voice actor (1974- ) EN JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 一輝 Ikki Japanese politician (1972- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 直子 Naoko Japanese actress (1972- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 大地 Taichi Space engineer (1972- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 一玄 Kazuharu Japanese baseball player (1972- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 智彦 Tomohiko (1972- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 慎治 Shinji Japanese association football player (1972- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki まさよし Masayoshi Japanese singer-songwriter (1971- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 真由美 Mayumi Japanese model (1971- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 徳之 Noriyuki (1971- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 一彦 Kazuhiko Japanese sprinter, hurdler, coach (1971- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 直子 Naoko Japanese astronaut (1970- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 真 Makoto Japanese association football player (1970- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 晴恵 Harue Japanese politician (1970- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 智之 Tomoyuki (1970- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 昭夫 Akio Japanese announcer (1969- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 晴可 Haruka (1968- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 亨 Tōru Japanese association football player (1968- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 昭史 Akifumi Japanese basketball player (1968- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 善久 Yoshihisa Japanese educator (1967-2017) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 雅弘 Masahiro (1967- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki マゾ Takushi Japanese noise musician (1966- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 五紀 Itsuki Japanese professional wrestler (1966- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 和佳奈 Wakana Japanese voice actress (1965- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 修 Osamu Japanese businessperson (1964- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 美貴 Miki Japanese actor and seiyū (1964- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 峰水 Hiroshi Japanese manga artist (1964- ) EN JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 恵理子 Eriko Japanese tarento (1964- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 寛代 Hiroyo Japanese announcer (1964- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 貴 Takashi Japanese filmmaker and visual effects artist (1964- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki たくみ Takumi Japanese voice actor (1964- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 雄介 Yūsuke Japanese teacher (1964- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 茂雄 Shigeo Japanese association football manager (1963- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 直樹 Naoki Japanese actor (1963- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 元裕 Motohiro Japanese journalist (1963- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 誠 Makoto Japanese politician (1962- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 隆明 Takaaki (1962- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 一夫 Kazuo Japanese professional wrestler (1962- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 賢一 Ken'ichi Japanese baseball player (1962- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 和之 Kazuyuki Japanese diplomat (1960- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 廣明 Hiroaki Japanese musician (1959- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 幹夫 Mikio Japanese film director (1959- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 養世 Yasuyo Japanese businessperson and politician (1958- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 元 Hajime Japanese economist (1958-2024) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 春美 Harumi Japanese musician (1958- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 一 Hajime actor (1957- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 尋美 Hiromi (1957- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 和樹 Kazuki (1957- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 純 Jun Japanese diplomat (1956- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 久美子 Kumiko Japanese psychologist (1956- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 伸子 Nobuko (1956- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 大輔 Daisuke actor (1954- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 登 Noboru Japanese announcer (1954- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 一夫 Kazuo (1951- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 博子 Hiroko Japanese film director (1951- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 八重子 Yaeko Japanese volleyball player (1950- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 直樹 Naoki (1949- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 恒 Hisashi (1948- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 博昭 Hiroaki (1948-1967) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 学 Manabu Japanese judge (1948- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 之也 Yukiya actor (1948- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 純資 Junji Japanese actor (1947-2012) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 洋子 Yōko Japanese author (1947- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 照朝 Terutomo Japanese full-contact karate master, kickboxer, journalist, singer (1947- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 力 Tsutomu Japanese politician (1947-2021) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 憲治 Kenji Japanese geographer (1947- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 光夫 Mitsuo Japanese novelist (1947- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 摩耶 Maya Japanese politician (1947- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 和海 Kazumi (1947- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 敏彦 Toshihiko Japanese lawyer (1947- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 章郎 Fumio Japanese physician (1947- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 行太郎 Kōtarō (1947- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 裕之 Hiroyuki Japanese baseball player (1946- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 弘士 Hiroshi Japanese announcer (1945- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 昇 Noboru Japanese politician (1945- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 猛 Takeshi Japanese actor (1944-2008) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 正勝 Masakatsu Japanese historian (1944- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 隆一郎 Ryūichirō Japanese diplomat (1944- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 正 Tadashi Japanese announcer (1944-2023) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 正夫 Masao (1943- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 泉 Izumi politician (1942- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 昭 Akira (1942- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 正昭 Masaaki Japanese politician (1942- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 武昭 Takeaki Japanese baseball player (1941-1995) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 健一 Ken'ichi Japanese architect (1941- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 敬之 Keishi Japanese screenwriter (1941- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 耕一郎 Kōichirō Japanese social activist (1940-2017) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 裕 Yutaka Japanese cinematographer (1940- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 正之 Masayuki Japanese baseball player (1938-1991) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 晴哉 Haruya Japanese scenarist (1938-2002) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 晃資 Kōsuke Japanese psychiatrist (1937- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 昶 Akira (1937- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 淳 Jun Japanese translator and writer (1937- ) JP
山﨑 Yamazaki 努 Tsutomu Japanese actor (1936- ) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 忠昭 Tadaaki Japanese screenwriter (1936-1999) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 元一 Gen'ichi Japanese historian (1935-2015) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 正和 Masakazu Japanese writer (1934-2020) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 善郎 Yoshio Japanese businessman (1934- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 広明 Hiroaki Japanese economist (1934- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 唯 Tadashi Japanese actor and seiyū (1933-1990) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 満 Mitsuru actor (1933- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 光雄 Mitsuo Japanese businessperson (1933- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 弘美 Hiromi Japanese baseball player (1932-2013) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 進一 Shin'ichi (1931-2007) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 真秀 Masahide Japanese politician and jurist-consultant (1930-2007) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 猛 Takeshi Japanese sculptor (1930-1998) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 利男 Toshio Japanese historian (1929- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 庸一郎 Yōichirō Japanese translator (1929-2013) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 勲 Isao Japanese keirin racer born in 1928 (1928-2022) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 勉 Tsutomu Japanese scholar of English and American literature, translator (1927-2020) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 森 Shigeru Japanese poet (1924- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 竜男 Tatsuo Japanese politician (1922-2009) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 諭 Satoru Japanese baseball player (1922-2000) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 升 Noboru Japanese chemist (1921- ) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 敬 Takashi Japanese botanist (1921-2007) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 俊雄 Toshio Japanese historian of technology (1916-1994) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 平八郎 Heihachirō Japanese politician (1911-1989) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 栄次郎 Eijirō Japanese politician (1911-1987) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 安雄 Yasuo (1910-1964) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 小五郎 Kogorō Japanese admiral (1905-1976) EN JP
山崎 Yamazaki 栄治 Eiji Japanese poet (1905-1991) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 知二 Tomoji literary scholar in Japan (1903-1994) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 宏 Hiroshi Japanese historian (1903-1992) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 岩男 Iwao Japanese politician (1901-1964) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 巌 Iwao Japanese bureaucrat, cabinet minister (1894-1968) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 重暉 Shigeaki Japanese military personnel (1893-1980) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 斌 Akira Japanese author (1892-1972) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 清次 Seiji Japanese military personnel (1891-1959) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 定次郎 Sadajirō (1889-1975) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 佐 Tasuku Japanese lawyer (1888-1967) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 猛 Takeshi Japanese journalist (1886-1957) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 寿春 Toshiharu Japanese educator (1878-1964) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 延吉 Nobuyoshi (1873-1954) JP
山崎 Yamazaki 豊 Yutaka Japanese businessman (1831-1912) JP
Similar Names to Yamazaki
Last names that have the same initial of Y.
山本 山 means "mountain."
本 means "book, main, true, real."
5 more vars Households : aprx. 300,000
山田 山 means "mountain."
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
2 more vars Households : aprx. 200,000
山口 山 means "mountain."
口 means "mouth, opening, entrance."
Households : aprx. 200,000
山下 山 means "mountain."
下 means "below, down, under."
Households : aprx. 100,000
横山 横 means "side, width, horizontal."
山 means "mountain."
1 more vars Households : aprx. 60,000
山内 山 means "mountain."
内 means "inside, within."
2 more vars Households : aprx. 40,000
安田 安 means "peace, cheap, low-priced."
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
12 more vars Households : aprx. 40,000
矢野 矢 means "arrow, dart."
野 means "field, plain, wilderness."
12 more vars Households : aprx. 40,000
山中 山 means "mountain."
中 means "in, inside, middle, center."
1 more vars Households : aprx. 30,000
八木 八 means "eight, 8."
木 means "tree, wood."
14 more vars Households : aprx. 20,000
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