Mizuno

From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning “water” and 野 (no) meaning “field, wilderness”.
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Miyazaki

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning “temple, shrine, palace” and 崎 (saki) meaning “cape, peninsula”.
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Miyata

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning “temple, shrine, palace” and 田 (ta) meaning “field, rice paddy”.
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Miyashita

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning “temple, shrine, palace” and 下 (shita) meaning “under, below”.
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Miyamoto

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning “temple, shrine, palace” and 本 (moto) meaning “base, root, origin”. A notable bearer is video game pioneer Shigeru Miyamoto (1952-).
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Miyajima

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning “temple, shrine, palace” and 島 (shima) meaning “island”.
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Miyagawa

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning “temple, shrine, palace” and 川 (kawa) meaning “river, stream”.
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Miura

From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning “three” and 浦 (ura) meaning “bay, inlet”.
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Mittelman

Nickname for a man of moderate means, from Yiddish, ultimately from Old High German mittil “means, resources”.
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