Surname

Tamaru

Tamaru (田丸) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice field + round, and Wikidata lists 15 notable people with this family name.

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Written田丸たまるrice field + round

What Tamaru means

田
rice field
丸
round

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Tamaru 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