Surname

Ikemoto

Ikemoto (池本) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean pond + origin, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

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Written池本いけもとpond + origin

What Ikemoto means

池
pond
本
origin, base

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Ikemoto describes a place. Its kanji point to a pond and the base or foot of something, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji