Surname

Ōsaki

Ōsaki (大崎) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean big + cape, and Wikidata lists 69 notable people with this family name.

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Written大崎おおさきbig + cape

What Ōsaki means

大
big, great
崎
cape

Where the name comes from

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

Surnames that share a kanji