Surname

Yajima

Yajima (矢嶋) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean arrow + island, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

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Written矢嶋やじまarrow + island

What Yajima means

矢
arrow
嶋
island

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Yajima mean arrow + island. 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