Surname

Toyoda

Toyoda (豊田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean abundant + rice field, and Wikidata lists 64 notable people with this family name.

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Written豊田とよだabundant + rice field

What Toyoda means

豊
abundant
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Toyoda 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 Toyoda

Kiichirō Toyoda 豊田 喜一郎Japanese businessman (1894–1952)
Nayuha Toyoda 豊田 奈夕葉Japanese association football player
Sakichi Toyoda 豊田 佐吉Japanese inventor and industrialist (1867–1930)
Soemu Toyoda 豊田 副武Japanese admiral (1885–1957)
Akio Toyoda 豊田 章男Japanese businessman, Chairman and former President/CEO of Toyota
Eiji Toyoda 豊田 英二Japanese industrialist (1913–2013)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji