Surname

Iida

Iida (飯田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean meal + rice field, and Wikidata lists 288 notable people with this family name.

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Written飯田いいだmeal + rice field

What Iida means

飯
meal, rice
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Iida 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.

Famous people named Iida

Masaki Iida 飯田 真輝Japanese association football player
Hirotaka Iida 飯田 紘孝Japanese association football player
Takahiro Iida 飯田 貴敬Japanese association football player
Tatsumi Iida 飯田 健巳Japanese association football player
Ryo Iida 飯田 涼Japanese association football player (born 1993)
Kaori Iida 飯田 圭織Japanese female singer and talent (1981-)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji