Given name & surname

Higashi

Higashi is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese東

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Higashi comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 東 (Higashi).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Higashi’s family of names

In English usage, Higashi as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 東.

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