Surname

Yamane

Yamane (山根) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean mountain + root, and Wikidata lists 42 notable people with this family name.

や · ま · ね · やまね
Written山根やまねmountain + root

What Yamane means

山
mountain
根
root

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Yamane 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.

Famous people named Yamane

Miki Yamane 山根 視来Japanese footballer (born 1993)
Iwao Yamane 山根 巌Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji