Surname

Aoba

Aoba (青葉) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean blue + leaf, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.

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Written青葉あおばblue + leaf

What Aoba means

青
blue, green
葉
leaf

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Aoba mean blue + leaf. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Famous people named Aoba

Yukihiro Aoba 青葉 幸洋Japanese association football player (1979-)
Ichiko Aoba 青葉 市子Japanese singer-songwriter (1990-)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji