Surname

Yatsu

Yatsu (谷津) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean valley + harbour, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.

や · つ · やつ
Written谷津やつvalley + harbour

What Yatsu means

谷
valley
津
harbour

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Yatsu describes a place. Its kanji point to a valley, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji