Surname
Nakabayashi
Nakabayashi (中林) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean middle + grove, and Wikidata lists 24 notable people with this family name.
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What Nakabayashi means
中
middle
林
grove
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Nakabayashi describes a place. Its kanji point to a grove, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.