Surname · Japanese
堀川
“to dig”·“river”
堀川 (Horikawa) is a surname. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Horikawa.
Meaning & origin
What it means
堀川 is built from elements meaning “to dig” and “river”.
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How it developed
Built from Japanese 掘る (horu, “to dig”) + 川 (kawa, “river”).
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堀川’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 堀川 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as HORIKAWA.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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