Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Yamada

山田やまだ

Yamada is among the thirty or so most common surnames in Japan. Its kanji read as mountain + rice field.

Hiragana
やまだ
Katakana
ヤマダ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Yamada
Morae
3 やまだ
How common
Very common

The kanji

  1. 山mountainMountains & land
  2. 田rice fieldMountains & land

As a full name

  • 山田 一花Ichika Yamada
  • 山田 円Madoka Yamada
  • 山田 光Hikaru Yamada
  • 山田 海斗Kaito Yamada

Surnames that share a kanji