Surname

Igarashi

Igarashi (五十嵐) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean five + ten + storm, and Wikidata lists 191 notable people with this family name.

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Written五十嵐いがらしfive + ten + storm

What Igarashi means

五
five
十
ten
嵐
storm

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Igarashi mean five + ten + storm. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Famous people named Igarashi

Hitoshi Igarashi 五十嵐 一Japanese writer (1947-1991)
Koji Igarashi 五十嵐 孝司Japanese video game designer

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji