Chiba Family History
Chiba Name Meaning
Japanese: written 千葉 ‘thousand leaves’. It is a habitational name from Chiba-gun in Shimōsa (now part of Chiba prefecture). The Chiba were a branch of the Taira clan and were powerful in Shimōsa from the 12th to 16th centuries.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022