Surname
Odawara
Odawara (小田原) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean small + rice field + field, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.
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What Odawara means
小
small
田
rice field
原
field, plain
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Odawara describes a place. Its kanji point to a rice field and a plain, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.