Surname

Izumi

Izumi (泉) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean spring, and Wikidata lists 84 notable people with this family name.

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Written泉いずみspring

What Izumi means

泉
spring

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Izumi mean spring. 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 Izumi

Masanobu Izumi 泉 政伸Japanese association football player
Miyuki Izumi 泉 美幸Japanese association football player
Shigechiyo Izumi 泉 重千代Japanese supercentenarian
Kyōka Izumi 泉 鏡花Japanese writer (1873-1939)
Hiroshi Izumi 泉 浩judoka
Sōtarō Izumi 泉 宗太郎Japanese association football player (1992-)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji