Surname

Nagao

Nagao (永尾) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean eternity + tail, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

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Written永尾ながおeternity + tail

What Nagao means

永
eternity
尾
tail, foot of a slope

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Nagao mean eternity + tail. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji