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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Kanda

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : from a common place name throughout Japan meaning ‘divine rice paddy’; also pronounced Kamita and Kōda. The more prominent families of this name are descended either from the notorious 10th-century rebel Taira no Masakado, or from the Minamoto clan through the Matsuura family.
  • Indian (Panjab) : Sikh name based on the name of a Jat clan. The word kə̣ṇdā means ‘thorn’ in Panjabi.
  • Czech : nickname from dialect kandat ‘prattler’, ‘chatterer’.

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