Surname

Okajima

Okajima (岡嶋) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean hill + island, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

お · か · じ · ま · おかじま
Written岡嶋おかじまhill + island

What Okajima means

岡
hill
嶋
island

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji