Surname
Shibayama
Shibayama (柴山) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean brushwood + mountain, and Wikidata lists 17 notable people with this family name.
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What Shibayama means
柴
brushwood
山
mountain
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Shibayama describes a place. Its kanji point to a mountain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.