Surname

Matsubara

Matsubara (松原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean pine + field, and Wikidata lists 131 notable people with this family name.

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Written松原まつばらpine + field

What Matsubara means

松
pine
原
field, plain

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Matsubara

Yoshika Matsubara 松原 良香Japanese association football player and manager
Arisa Matsubara 松原 有沙Japanese association football player
Ken Matsubara 松原 健Japanese association football player
Kō Matsubara 松原 后Japanese association football player
Shuhei Matsubara 松原 修平Japanese association football player
Tadaaki Matsubara 松原 忠明Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji