Surname

Isoda

Isoda (磯田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rocky shore + rice field, and Wikidata lists 10 notable people with this family name.

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Written磯田いそだrocky shore + rice field

What Isoda means

磯
rocky shore
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Isoda 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