Surname

Watanuki

Watanuki (綿貫) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean cotton + to carry through, and Wikidata lists 13 notable people with this family name.

わ · た · ぬ · き · わたぬき
Written綿貫わたぬきcotton + to carry through

What Watanuki means

綿
cotton
貫
to carry through

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Watanuki mean cotton + to carry through. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji