Surname

Ishiyama

Ishiyama (石山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean stone + mountain, and Wikidata lists 17 notable people with this family name.

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Written石山いしやまstone + mountain

What Ishiyama means

石
stone
山
mountain

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji