Surname

Miyagi

Miyagi (宮城) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean shrine + castle, and Wikidata lists 66 notable people with this family name.

み · や · ぎ · みやぎ
Written宮城みやぎshrine + castle

What Miyagi means

宮
shrine, palace
城
castle

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Miyagi describes a place. Its kanji point to a shrine, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Famous people named Miyagi

Masafumi Miyagi 宮城 雅史Japanese association football player
Chōjun Miyagi 宮城 長順Japanese karateka (1888-1953)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji