Surname
Yagyū
Yagyū (柳生) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean willow + life, and Wikidata lists 19 notable people with this family name.
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What Yagyū means
柳
willow
生
life, to live
Where the name comes from
The kanji of Yagyū mean willow + life. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.
Famous people named Yagyū
Yagyū Munenori 柳生 宗矩samurai and daimyo of the early Edo period (1571-1646)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.