Surname

Nohara

Nohara (野原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean field + field, and Wikidata lists 20 notable people with this family name.

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Written野原のはらfield + field

What Nohara means

野
field
原
field, plain

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji