Surname
Okabayashi
Okabayashi (岡林) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean hill + grove, and Wikidata lists 12 notable people with this family name.
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What Okabayashi means
岡
hill
林
grove
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Okabayashi describes a place. Its kanji point to a hill and a grove, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.