Surname

Saionji

Saionji is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

Original Japanese西園寺

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Saionji comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 西園寺 (Saionji).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Saionji’s family of names

In English usage, Saionji as a surname has a related form in Saion-ji. In Japanese usage, Saionji as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 西園寺. In English usage, Saionji as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 西園寺.

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Saionji西園寺Saion-ji

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Nicknames & forms 1

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