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Amino (surname)

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Amino
Language(s)Japanese
Origin
Meaning means rope and means wild or field
Region of originJapan

Amino (written: 網野 or アミノ in katakana) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Kiku Amino (網野 菊, 1900–1978), Japanese writer and translator
  • Leo Amino (1911–1989), American sculptor
  • Masao Amino (網野 正大, born 1974), Japanese rugby union player and coach
  • Tetsurō Amino (アミノ テツロー, born 1955), Japanese anime director
  • Tomoo Amino (網野 友雄, born 1980), Japanese basketball player
  • Yoshihiko Amino (網野 善彦, 1928–2004), Japanese Marxist historian