Surname

Yazaki

Yazaki (矢崎) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean arrow + cape, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

や · ざ · き · やざき
Written矢崎やざきarrow + cape

What Yazaki means

矢
arrow
崎
cape

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Yazaki describes a place. Its kanji point to a cape, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji