Surname

Kojima

Kojima (児島) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean child + island, and Wikidata lists 35 notable people with this family name.

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Written児島こじまchild + island

What Kojima means

児
child
島
island

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Kojima

Akiko Kojima 児島 明子Japanese model and beauty queen (born 1936)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji