Surname
Hiyama
Hiyama (檜山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean Japanese cypress + mountain, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.
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What Hiyama means
檜
Japanese cypress
山
mountain
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Hiyama describes a place. Its kanji point to a mountain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.
Famous people named Hiyama
Nobuyuki Hiyama 檜山 修之Japanese voice actor
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.