Surname

Yanagi

Yanagi (柳) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean willow, and Wikidata lists 37 notable people with this family name.

や · な · ぎ · やなぎ
Written柳やなぎwillow

What Yanagi means

柳
willow

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Yanagi mean willow. 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