Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese (Rare) Scripts 爾牟田(Japanese Kanji) じむた(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /d͡ʑi.mɯ̟ᵝ.tä/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 爾 (ji), a phonetic character, and 牟田 (muta) meaning "wetland; bog".