Given name & surname

Kawasaki

Kawasaki is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese川崎

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kawasaki comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

A transliteration of Japanese 川崎 (Kawasaki).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kawasaki’s family of names

In English usage, Kawasaki as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Japanese form 川崎. In Japanese usage, Kawasaki as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 川嵜. In Japanese usage, Kawasaki as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 河崎.

Walk Kawasaki’s family in the name graph

Kawasaki川嵜河崎川崎

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Spellings & scripts 2

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Across languages 1

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