Surname

Yahagi

Yahagi (矢作) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean arrow + to make, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

や · は · ぎ · やはぎ
Written矢作やはぎarrow + to make

What Yahagi means

矢
arrow
作
to make

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Yahagi mean arrow + to make. 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