Surname

Shindō

Shindō (進藤) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean to advance + wisteria, and Wikidata lists 21 notable people with this family name.

しん · ど · う · しんどう
Written進藤しんどうto advance + wisteria

What Shindō means

進
to advance
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.

Famous people named Shindō

Naomi Shindō 進藤 尚美Japanese voice actress

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji