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Miya

Miya: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“temple, shrine”
Origin
Japanese
Say it
MEE-yuh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Japanese name whose meaning depends on the kanji; a common reading uses miya, meaning shrine or palace. It is also sometimes used as a variant spelling of Mia in English-speaking contexts.

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How popular is Miya?

202448.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Miya in 2024159

2024 rank#1,401 girls

Peak year2014

Total US babies since 18807,947

Miya has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Miya

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Miamine; also Maria diminutive · Italian
  • Miahuncertain; often linked to Mia · Unknown
  • Myahvariant of Mia or Maya · English
  • Ayacolorful design; verse, sign · Japanese
  • Hanaflower · Japanese
  • Kairisea village · Japanese
  • Noridoctrine, ceremony, law · Japanese
  • Emibeautiful blessing · Japanese

Miya questions

What does the name Miya mean?

Miya means "temple, shrine". It comes from Japanese. Japanese name whose meaning depends on the kanji; a common reading uses miya, meaning shrine or palace. It is also sometimes used as a variant spelling of Mia in English-speaking contexts.

Is Miya a boy or girl name?

Miya is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Miya?

159 US babies were named Miya in 2024. Its peak year was 2014.

How do you pronounce Miya?

Miya is usually pronounced MEE-yuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.