Surname

Tajima

Tajima (田嶋) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean rice field + island, and Wikidata lists 15 notable people with this family name.

た · じ · ま · たじま
Written田嶋たじまrice field + island

What Tajima means

田
rice field
嶋
island

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Tajima 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.

Surnames that share a kanji