Surname

Harashima

Harashima (原島) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean field + island, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

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Written原島はらしまfield + island

What Harashima means

原
field, plain
島
island

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji