Surname
Kitahara
Kitahara (北原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean north + field, and Wikidata lists 37 notable people with this family name.
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What Kitahara means
北
north
原
field, plain
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Kitahara describes a place. Its kanji point to a plain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Kitahara
Daisuke Kitahara 北原 大奨Japanese association football player
Hakushū Kitahara 北原 白秋Japanese tanka poet (1885–1942)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.