Hino is a Japanese surname written with characters such as 日野, combining the element hi ('sun' or 'day') with no ('field' or 'wilderness'), yielding the meaning 'field of the sun' or 'sunny field'. Alternatively, it may derive from 火野, using the element hi ('fire') for 'fire field'. Like many Japanese surnames, Hino is topographic in nature, describing a characteristic of a landscape or a location near which the family originally resided. The name is also associated with Hino, a city in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, which takes its name from a similar constellation of elements and likely influenced the surname's spread. Sources suggest the romanization Hino is used in both Japanese and English contexts, with no known variant forms recorded in standard dictionaries. Meaning: 'sun field' or 'fire field' Origin: Japanese Type: Surname Usage Regions: Japan