Surname

Katagiri

Katagiri (片桐) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean one side + paulownia tree, and Wikidata lists 67 notable people with this family name.

か · た · ぎ · り · かたぎり
Written片桐かたぎりone side + paulownia tree

What Katagiri means

片
one side
桐
paulownia tree

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Katagiri mean one side + paulownia tree. 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 Katagiri

Atsushi Katagiri 片桐 淳至Japanese association football player
Katagiri Katsumoto 片桐 且元daimyo

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji