Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Yamamoto

山本やまもと

Yamamoto is one of the ten most common surnames in Japan. Its kanji read as mountain + origin.

Hiragana
やまもと
Katakana
ヤマモト
Romaji (Hepburn)
Yamamoto
Morae
4 やまもと
How common
Top 10

The kanji

  1. 山mountainMountains & land
  2. 本origin, book, root

As a full name

  • 山本 夏希Natsuki Yamamoto
  • 山本 朱里Akari Yamamoto
  • 山本 海斗Kaito Yamamoto
  • 山本 菫Sumire Yamamoto

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