Surname · Japanese
なか
“to exist”·“place”
なか (Naka) is a surname from Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Japanese kana script. In English: Naka.
Meaning & origin
What it means
なか is built from elements meaning “to exist” and “place”.
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Where it comes from
なか comes from Old Japanese, and ultimately from Proto-Japonic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Japonic *naka, built from Japanese ある (aru, “to exist”) + 処 (ka, “place”).
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なか’s family of names
In Japanese usage, なか as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as NAKA. In Japanese usage, なか as a surname has a related form in 中. In Japanese usage, なか as a surname is a transliteration of 仲.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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