Surname

Niijima

Niijima is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese新島

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Niijima comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 新島 (Niijima).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Niijima’s family of names

In English usage, Niijima as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 新島.

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Niijima新島

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