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Japanese Last Names Starting with H

71 Japanese surnames begin with H, from Habu (土生) to Hyodo (兵東). Most describe a place, such as a field, river or hill. Each links to a page with its kanji, reading and meaning.

The most varied is Hida, and these names average 3.0 syllables.

Surname	Kanji	Reading	Literal meaning
Habu	土生	はぶ	soil + life
Hachiya	八谷	はちや	eight + valley
Hada	八田	はだ	eight + rice field
Haga	羽下	はが	feathers + below
Hakata	葉方	はかた	leaf + direction
Handa	反田	はんだ	anti- + rice field
Hanno	反野	はんの	anti- + plains
Hanyu	針生	はにゅう	needle + life
Hanzawa	判沢	はんざわ	judgement + swamp
Hara	破良	はら	rend + good
Harada	原田	はらだ	meadow + rice field
Harima	針間	はりま	needle + interval
Harita	治田	はりた	reign + rice field
Haruko	春光	はるこう	springtime + ray
Haruto	春藤	はるとう	springtime + wisteria
Hasegawa	長谷川	はせがわ	long + valley + stream
Hashi	土師	はし	soil + expert
Hashiba	橋場	はしば	bridge + location
Hashima	八島	はしま	eight + island
Hashimoto	橋本	はしもと	bridge + book
Hata	八田	はた	eight + rice field
Hatamoto	端本	はたもと	edge + book
Hataya	端谷	はたや	edge + valley
Hayama	早間	はやま	early + interval
Hayashi	林	はやし	grove
Hazama	羽間	はざま	feathers + interval
Hida	飛騨	ひだ	fly + dappled grey horse
Hidaka	日高	ひだか	day + tall
Higashi	東岸	ひがし	east + beach
Higo	日後	ひご	day + behind
Hihara	日原	ひはら	day + meadow
Hiji	日出	ひじ	day + exit
Hikawa	日川	ひかわ	day + stream
Hiki	日置	ひき	day + placement
Himura	日村	ひむら	day + village
Hinano	雛野	ひなの	chick + plains
Hino	日野	ひの	day + plains
Hirai	平意	ひらい	even + idea
Hirano	平野	ひらの	even + plains
Hirata	開田	ひらた	open + rice field
Hirohata	広端	ひろはた	wide + edge
Hiroka	田中	ひろか	rice field + in
Hirokawa	広川	ひろかわ	wide + stream
Hirose	広世	ひろせ	wide + generation
Hiroshima	広島	ひろしま	wide + island
Hirota	広田	ひろた	wide + rice field
Hiura	日裏	ひうら	day + back
Hiwada	桧田	ひわだ	Japanese cypress + rice field
Hiya	日谷	ひや	day + valley
Hiyama	日山	ひやま	day + mountain
Hiyoshi	日新	ひよし	day + new
Hizawa	日沢	ひざわ	day + swamp
Hizume	日極	ひずめ	day + poles
Hochi	法地	ほうち	method + ground
Hoi	方違	ほうい	direction + difference
Hojo	北条	ほうじょう	north + article
Hoki	法木	ほうき	method + tree
Honda	本田	ほんだ	book + rice field
Hondo	本同	ほんどう	book + same
Honjo	本上	ほんじょう	book + above
Hono	法野	ほうの	method + plains
Hori	堀	ほり	ditch
Horie	堀家	ほりえ	ditch + house
Hosaka	保阪	ほさか	protect + heights
Hosaki	法崎	ほうさき	method + promontory
Hoshino	千野	ほしの	thousand + plains
Hosho	法性	ほうしょう	method + sex
Hotani	方谷	ほうたに	direction + valley
Hoya	保野	ほや	protect + plains
Hoyama	法山	ほうやま	method + mountain
Hyodo	兵東	ひょうどう	soldier + east

Kanji most used in H surnames

These characters appear most often in the surnames above.

Kanji	Meaning	Readings	Strokes	Seen in
日	day, sun, Japan (taught in grade 1)	ニチ、ジツ、ひ、び	4	Asaka, Asuka, Madoka
田	rice field, rice paddy (taught in grade 1)	デン、た	5	Koda, Kida, Toda
野	plains, field, rustic (taught in grade 2)	ヤ、ショ、の	11	Akino, Aya, Noa
法	method, law, rule (taught in grade 4)	ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、のり	8	Noriyoshi, Noriaki, Hidenori
谷	valley (taught in grade 2)	コク、たに、きわ	7	Kotani, Sumiya, Ainoya
本	book, present, main (taught in grade 1)	ホン、もと	5	Motomi, Motoki, Komoto

Questions

What is the most common Japanese surname starting with H?

Hida (飛騨) can be written in the most ways of the H surnames here. It means: fly + dappled grey horse.

How long are Japanese surnames starting with H?

They average 3.0 syllables.

What do surnames starting with H usually mean?

Most describe a place, such as a field, river, hill or village. The table lists the literal meaning of each.

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