Surname · Japanese
鶯
“bird”
鶯 (Uguisu) is a surname from Old Japanese. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Ugufisu.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
Built from Japanese うぐい (ugui) + す (su, “bird”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
鶯’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 鶯 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ugufisu. In Japanese usage, 鶯 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Uguisu.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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