Surname

Machida

Machida (町田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean town + rice field, and Wikidata lists 123 notable people with this family name.

ま · ち · だ · まちだ
Written町田まちだtown + rice field

What Machida means

町
town
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Machida 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 Machida

Kōki Machida 町田 浩樹Japanese association football player
Tadamichi Machida 町田 忠道Japanese association football player
Tamon Machida 町田 多聞Japanese association football player
Rui Machida 町田 瑠唯Japanese basketball player (born 1993)
Keita Machida 町田 啓太Japanese actor

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji