Surname

Ichihara

Ichihara (市原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean market + field, and Wikidata lists 37 notable people with this family name.

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Written市原いちはらmarket + field

What Ichihara means

市
market, town
原
field, plain

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Ichihara

Etsuko Ichihara 市原 悦子Japanese actress and seiyū

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji