Surname

Genta

Genta (堅田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean solid + rice field, and Wikidata lists 21 notable people with this family name.

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Written堅田げんたsolid + rice field

What Genta means

堅
solid, firm
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Genta describes a place. Its kanji point to a rice field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji