Surname
Yashima
Yashima (八島) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean eight + island, and Wikidata lists 17 notable people with this family name.
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What Yashima means
八
eight
島
island
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Yashima describes a place. Its kanji point to an island, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.