Surname

Maeno

Maeno (前野) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean front + field, and Wikidata lists 51 notable people with this family name.

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Written前野まえのfront + field

What Maeno means

前
front
野
field

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji