Surname
Nitta
Nitta (新田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean new + rice field, and Wikidata lists 144 notable people with this family name.
にっ · た · にった
What Nitta means
新
new
田
rice field
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Nitta 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 Nitta
Daisuke Nitta 新田 大介Japanese association football player
Nitta Yoshisada 新田 義貞Japanese samurai lord (1301–1338)
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.