Given name & surname
Kobayashi
Kobayashi is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Original Japaneseこばやし
Meaning & origin
Kobayashi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kobayashi as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of こばやし. In Portuguese usage, Kobayashi as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 小林.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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