Handa Family History
Handa Name Meaning
Indian (Punjab): Khatri and Sikh name probably from Punjabi həṇḍa ‘cooking pot’. Japanese: written 半田 ‘half of a rice paddy’. It originated in Yamato and Kawachi (now Nara and Ōsaka prefectures) and is found mostly in the Tokyo and Ōsaka areas and the island of Okinawa.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022