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  • Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as two syllables : Hindu (Brahman) name found among the Konkanasth Brahmans, from Sanskrit dātā ‘donor’.
  • Japanese : habitational name from a place called Idate in Mutsu (now Aomori) prefecture. They were a great samurai family descended from the northern Fujiwara clan.