Surname
Miyagawa
“shrine river”
Miyagawa is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English, Spanish, and Tagalog.
Original Japanese宮川
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miyagawa goes back to Japanese 宮川 (みやがわ, Miyagawa), meaning “shrine river.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Japanese 宮川 (みやがわ, Miyagawa, “shrine river”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Miyagawa’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Miyagawa as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 宮川. In Spanish usage, Miyagawa as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 宮川.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Miyagawa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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