Surname
Shindō
Shindō (新藤) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean new + wisteria, and Wikidata lists 19 notable people with this family name.
しん · ど · う · しんどう
What Shindō means
新
new
藤
wisteria
Where the name comes from
The ending 藤 (wisteria), read tō, links Shindō to the Fujiwara clan, the court family that dominated Japan for centuries. Surnames such as Satō, Itō, Katō and Saitō are traditionally explained as branches of the Fujiwara, with the first kanji marking a place or office.