Surname

Kuwahara

Kuwahara (桑原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean mulberry + field, and Wikidata lists 27 notable people with this family name.

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Written桑原くわはらmulberry + field

What Kuwahara means

桑
mulberry
原
field, plain

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Kuwahara 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 Kuwahara

Katsuyoshi Kuwahara 桑原 勝義Japanese association football player
Takashi Kuwahara 桑原 隆Japanese association football player and manager

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji