Given name & surname

Higa

Higa is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Tagalog.

Original Japanese比嘉

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Higa comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 比嘉 (Higa).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Higa’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Higa as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 比嘉. In English usage, Higa as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 比嘉.

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Higa比嘉

The ring: spellings.

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