Surname

Ogihara

Ogihara (荻原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean reed + field, and Wikidata lists 14 notable people with this family name.

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Written荻原おぎはらreed + field

What Ogihara means

荻
reed
原
field, plain

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Ogihara 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.

Surnames that share a kanji