Family name origins & meanings
- Japanese : there are three names with this pronunciation. One, written with characters meaning ‘door’ and ‘rice paddy’, is found predominantly in eastern Japan; bearers are said to be descended from the northern Fujiwara clan. Another, meaning ‘far rice paddy’, can also be pronounced Enda and is found in eastern Japan. A third, meaning ‘eastern rice paddy’, is also pronounced Higashida in western Japan.
- Catalan : from the female personal name Tota.