Meaning & origin
Arakawa’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Arakawa as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 新川. In English usage, Arakawa as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 荒川. In Japanese usage, Arakawa as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 阿良河.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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