Surname

Yaginuma

Yaginuma (柳沼) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean willow + marsh, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

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Written柳沼やぎぬまwillow + marsh

What Yaginuma means

柳
willow
沼
marsh, pond

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Yaginuma mean willow + marsh. 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