Surname

Sakura

Sakura (桜) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean cherry blossom, and Wikidata lists 49 notable people with this family name.

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Written桜さくらcherry blossom

What Sakura means

桜
cherry blossom

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Sakura mean cherry blossom. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji