Surname

Okajima

Okajima (岡島) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean hill + island, and Wikidata lists 31 notable people with this family name.

お · か · じ · ま · おかじま
Written岡島おかじまhill + island

What Okajima means

岡
hill
島
island

Where the name comes from

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

Famous people named Okajima

Kiyonobu Okajima 岡島 清延Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji