Surname
Nakae
Nakae (中江) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean middle + inlet, and Wikidata lists 31 notable people with this family name.
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What Nakae means
中
middle
江
inlet, bay
Where the name comes from
The kanji of Nakae mean middle + inlet. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.