First name origins & meanings:
- Norse: Small, pointed spear
- Norse: Small pointed spear
Last name origin & meaning: Japanese: common place name and surname throughout Japan, meaning
‘small rice paddy’. A less common but more famous Oda name, written
with characters meaning ‘woven rice paddy’ (i.e. fields laid out
evenly as woven cloth), was borne by the family of the famous
conqueror Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582). Their name is taken from two
Shintō shrines in Fukui prefecture; so an added meaning would be
‘august rice paddy’, denoting respect shown to a shrine’s property.
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