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You've heard conflicting accounts because there are over 60 ways to write Miya in Japanese and thus over 60 potential meanings. =) Without knowing the kanji (Chinese characters) a person named Miya uses to write her name, it is impossible to tell the meaning.

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The vocabulary word "miya" means "Shinto shrine," but this is certainly not the only or even the most common meaning of the first name.