Given name & surname

Onishi

Onishi is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese大西

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Onishi comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 大西 (Ōnishi).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Onishi’s family of names

In English usage, Onishi as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 大西.

Walk Onishi’s family in the name graph

Onishi大西

The ring: across languages.

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