Surname

Shinoda

Shinoda (篠田) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bamboo grass + rice field, and Wikidata lists 101 notable people with this family name.

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Written篠田しのだbamboo grass + rice field

What Shinoda means

篠
bamboo grass
田
rice field

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Shinoda 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 Shinoda

Yoshiyuki Shinoda 篠田 善之Japanese association football player and manager
Mariko Shinoda 篠田 麻里子Japanese singer, actress and fashion model
Masahiro Shinoda 篠田 正浩Japanese film director and screenwriter

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji