Surname

Oyamada

Oyamada (小山田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean small + mountain + rice field, and Wikidata lists 12 notable people with this family name.

お · や · ま · だ · おやまだ
Written小山田おやまだsmall + mountain + rice field

What Oyamada means

小
small
山
mountain
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Oyamada describes a place. Its kanji point to a mountain and a rice field, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Famous people named Oyamada

Cornelius 小山田 圭吾Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, composer

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji