Surname

Hosokawa

Hosokawa is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and French.

Original Japanese細川

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hosokawa comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 細川 (Hosokawa).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hosokawa’s family of names

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

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Hosokawa細川

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