Surname

Tagami

Tagami (田上) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice field + above, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

た · が · み · たがみ
Written田上たがみrice field + above

What Tagami means

田
rice field
上
above

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Tagami describes a place. Its kanji point to a rice field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji