Given name & surname

Hoshina

Hoshina is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese保科

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hoshina comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 保科 (Hoshina).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hoshina’s family of names

In English usage, Hoshina as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 保科.

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Hoshina保科

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