Ikeda Family History
Ikeda Name Meaning
Japanese: written 池田 ‘rice paddy near the lake’. It is found throughout Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands. One family descended from the Minamoto were daimyō (feudal lords) of Ōmi (now Shiga prefecture). Listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022