Given name & surname

Osawa

Osawa is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese大沢

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Osawa comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 大沢 (Ōsawa).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Osawa’s family of names

In English usage, Osawa as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 大沢.

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