Given name & surname · Japanese
日和
“area → wide open sea”
日和 (Niwa) is a surname from Old Japanese. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Hiyori.
Meaning & origin
What it means
日和 goes back to Old Japanese 庭 (⟨nipa⟩ → niwa), meaning “area → wide open sea.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Japanese 庭 (⟨nipa⟩ → niwa, “area → wide open sea”), built from Japanese 日 (nichi > ni) + 和 (wa).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
日和’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 日和 can be written in the Roman alphabet as HIYORI. In Japanese usage, 日和 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as NIFA. In Japanese usage, 日和 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as NIWA.
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