Surname

Kawaguchi

Kawaguchi (川口) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean river + mouth, and Wikidata lists 152 notable people with this family name.

か · わ · ぐ · ち · かわぐち
Written川口かわぐちriver + mouth

What Kawaguchi means

川
river
口
mouth

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Kawaguchi

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 川口 能活Japanese association football player
Nobuo Kawaguchi 川口 信男Japanese association football player
Naoki Kawaguchi 川口 尚紀Japanese association football player
Takuya Kawaguchi 川口 卓哉Japanese association football player
Takao Kawaguchi 川口 孝夫Japanese judoka
Masato Kawaguchi 川口 正人Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji