Japanese said “Hayashi” in a character Kanji.
The etymology is “Hayasu”, and the conjunctive form of the verb “Hayasu” is a noun.
“Hayasu” is to grow. The intention to prosper and grow. In other words, “Hayashi” is a place where trees are grown.
It is also said to be a surname that originated from a well-maintained forest, that is, an area where forestry is thriving.
Hayashi is the 18th common Japanese surname.
Also, it is a Kanji learned in the first grade of elementary school.
Etymology of the surname Hayashi
Topography. From “forest”. In Fushikiyata, Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, and Takasu, Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture, it is reported as a new Meiji surname. A single-character surname from the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture. It was in Hanatoku, Tokunoshima-cho, Oshima-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture in the Edo period. From the Hayashi-yashiki, a gate division system in Noigura, Ariake-cho, Shibushi-city, Kagoshima prefecture, in the Edo period. New surname in Meiji era by the mansion.
*This surname was in the Edo period in the Hiroshima hanbachi of which Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture was the clan seat. The same clan members are said to be from the Hayashi villages of Kami-Tomobuchi, Nakatomobuchi, and Shimo-Tomobuchi in Kinokawa City, Wakayama Prefecture.
*Hayashi, Shinno-cho, Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, is a place name from an unknown period of record. It is distributed in the same area.
Hayashi originated in Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture. A place name recorded in the Nara period (710-794) as “Hai Shi”. There is a record of the family name Hayashiren in 835 in the eastern part of Osaka Prefecture (formerly Kawachi Province).
