Surname

Yanagisawa

Yanagisawa (柳沢) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean willow + marsh, and Wikidata lists 18 notable people with this family name.

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Written柳沢やなぎさわwillow + marsh

What Yanagisawa means

柳
willow
沢
marsh, mountain stream

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Yanagisawa mean willow + marsh. 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 Yanagisawa

Atsushi Yanagisawa 柳沢 敦Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji