Surname

Nishitani

Nishitani is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese西谷

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nishitani comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 西谷 (Nishitani).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Nishitani’s family of names

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

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Nishitani西谷

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