Surname

Ishigami

Ishigami (石上) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean stone + above, and Wikidata lists 15 notable people with this family name.

い · し · が · み · いしがみ
Written石上いしがみstone + above

What Ishigami means

石
stone
上
above

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Ishigami describes a place. Its kanji point to stones, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji