Given name & surname

Katsura

Katsura is a unisex given name from Japanese.

Original Japanese藤

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Katsura comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 桂 (Katsura).

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Katsura’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Katsura is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 藤. In English usage, Katsura was borrowed from the Japanese form 桂.

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Katsura藤桂

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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