Surname

Egi

Egi (江木) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean inlet + tree, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

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Written江木えぎinlet + tree

What Egi means

江
inlet, bay
木
tree

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji