Surname

Nagasaki

Nagasaki (長崎) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean long + cape, and Wikidata lists 28 notable people with this family name.

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Written長崎ながさきlong + cape

What Nagasaki means

長
long, leader
崎
cape

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji