Surname

Nishida

Nishida (西田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean west + rice field, and Wikidata lists 174 notable people with this family name.

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Written西田にしだwest + rice field

What Nishida means

西
west
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Nishida 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 Nishida

Masujiro Nishida 西田 満寿次郎Japanese association football player and manager
Kitarō Nishida 西田 幾多郎Japanese philosopher (1870–1945)
Yoshihiro Nishida 西田 吉洋Japanese association football player
Go Nishida 西田 剛Japanese association football player
Shuhei Nishida 西田 修平Japanese pole vaulter (1910-1997)
Toshiyuki Nishida 西田 敏行Japanese actor, singer and tarento (1947–2024)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji