Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese (Ōkane) : ‘great deity’; this is a rare surname in Japan. In America it could be a shortening of the Okinawan surname Ōkaneku, which is written (apparently phonetically) with characters meaning ‘great’ or ‘combine’ and ‘long time’.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe