Etymology

Kobayashi

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Today it means: A surname from Japanese. Full definition →

Japanese 小林
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from小林
  2. English todayKobayashi

Borrowed from Japanese 小林 (Kobayashi).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.